1/ Excited to share our new paper in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: Discovery of a novel coltivirus in a newly identified bat bug species in Cambodia. journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...

First human #H5N1 case of 2026 in #Cambodia: a 30-year-old man from Kampot province. Sequencing, virus isolation & animal investigations ongoing. Dead chicken at home before onset. Patient has since recovered. 🦠💉😷🐓🥼🔬🧪 Sequencing, contact tracing, and poultry investigations ongoing.

Come find me today at the American Society for Virology in Montreal, Canada, where I will present about the emergence of a novel reassortant clade 2.3.2.1c/e virus associated with human cases in Cambodia! #ASV #H5N1 #zoonoses #influenza

In May 2025, The Telegraph joined our field mission on virus surveillance work in #Cambodia, where we used novel, non-invasive techniques like air sampling in live bird markets and bat caves, paired with field-deployable tools, to detect #emergingviruses at the source.

The Virology Unit at IPC is constantly working to make surveillance/Early Warning faster, better, cheaper — from air sampling to portable labs. Happy to have our work featured in this @telegraphnews.bsky.social article by @sneweyy.bsky.social 🦠🧪🐓💉🥼😷 Read more: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Read the full story here to find out more about the innovative work (or, as @colincarlson.bsky.social put it, "cool and smart") to boost disease surveillance Led by @eakarlsson.bsky.social, @jsiegers.bsky.social, Anna Fomsgaard & others at IPC & Cambodian MOH: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Cambodia has confirmed its 9th and 10th human cases of H5N1 bird flu this year. 6 of these cases occurred in June alone. Sadly, 6 people have died in 2025. 🧪🧬🦠🔬🥼😷🐓💉

In a new study, using #metagenomics we discovered a novel Coltivirus, named Stricticimex coltivirus (SCCV), in a newly identified bat bug species in #Cambodia (Stricticimex phnomsampovensis) #OneHealth

Cambodia reports second fatal human #H5N1 case in 2025 in a 2 y/o child from Prey Veng province on Feb 25. Exposure to sick and dead chickens near his home. #Avian #influenza remains a serious threat. Strengthening #OneHealth surveillance and response is critical. #BirdFlu

A critical moment and opportunity for Singapore and ASEAN to redefine a system that is less dependent on singular $$$ powerhouses and more geopolitically stable. sph.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/u... #GlobalHealth #WHO #PublicHealth #ASEAN #HealthLeadership #Singapore #OneHealth

#FAO #ECTAD and #PasteurCambodia are using drones to collect environmental DNA (eDNA) from the air to detect zoonotic diseases to create early warning systems to monitor, predict, and prevent disease transmission at high-risk animal-human interfaces. www.fao.org/newsroom/sto...

New avian #H5N1 influenza variants threaten the Asia-Pacific region. Urgent action needed for comprehensive #surveillance, #diagnostics, #sequencing, #bioinformatics, and #data sharing is critical. 🌍🐔🦠 #AvianInfluenza #OneHealth #FAO #WHO www.fao.org/asiapacific/...