Richard Hassall
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Ecological modeller interested in zoonotic diseases and invasive species.
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UK Health Security Agency
5 months ago
🆕 Today, UKHSA and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) have confirmed the first detection of West Nile virus in mosquitoes collected in the UK. There is currently no evidence of wider circulation in birds or mosquitoes, and the risk to the public remains very low. 📰🔗
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Prof Sadie J. Ryan (she/her)
6 months ago
"The overlapping global distribution of dengue, chikungunya, Zika and yellow fever" now out with the WHO GAI team
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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The overlapping global distribution of dengue, chikungunya, Zika and yellow fever - Nature Communications
Arboviruses transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes have an expanding global distribution and identifying areas at risk is important for public health planning. Here, the authors present global disease maps f...
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58609-5
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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
6 months ago
🧭 New
#ECDC
Maps Highlight Tick-Borne Encephalitis Risk Areas in Europe. ➡️ Our maps show the
#TBE
hotspots in the EU are mainly concentrated in Central, Eastern, & Northern Europe. ➡️ Some areas reported TBE for the 1st time, indicating possible geographical spread. Read more:
bit.ly/42p8XJT
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Rob Cooke
6 months ago
New GLiTRS paper out today!
add a skeleton here at some point
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Our new paper combines wildlife surveillance data and spatial risk modelling to map suitability for TBEV in GB. We identified key drivers linked to TBEV exposure in deer and produced risk maps, which can guide future surveillance and interventions.
www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...
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Identifying hotspots and risk factors for tick-borne encephalitis virus emergence at its range margins to guide interventions, Great Britain
Background Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is expanding its range in Europe, with increasing human cases reported. Since the first detection of TBEV in ticks in the United Kingdom in 2019, one po...
https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2025.30.13.2400441
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Patrick Barkham
7 months ago
Brilliant news on a Friday afternoon: gov will launch new natural history GCSE. It's taken Mary Colwell,
@carolinelucas.bsky.social
& others years of campaigning. (I'm praying it'll be introduced quickly enough for my children!)
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Department for Education confirms launch of natural history GCSE
Campaigners have been calling for the qualification for years but plan stalled despite a curriculum being drawn up
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/21/department-for-education-confirms-natural-history-gcse
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Beth Purse
9 months ago
Interested in quantifying how surface water might affect water-borne and water-related infectious diseases in degraded tropical agro-forest landscapes? Optical remote sensing can miss small monsoon water-bodies where animal hosts, people and vectors hang out....
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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Radar versus optical: The impact of cloud cover when mapping seasonal surface water for health applications in monsoon-affected India
Surface water plays a vital role in the spread of infectious diseases. Information on the spatial and temporal dynamics of surface water availability is thus critical to understanding, monitoring and ...
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314033
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Moreno Di Marco
9 months ago
📢 New in
@methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
A framework to predict zoonotic hosts under data uncertainty: a case study on betacoronaviruses Tonelli&al:
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
We predict unknown potential viral hosts to unveil unrecognised hotspots of betacoronaviruses: time to redefine surveillance?
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Beth Purse
9 months ago
First field evidence that Kyasanur Forest Disease Virus can be transmitted from adult females to their eggs in both Haemaphysalis and Rhipicephalus ticks in India. Read more here:
doi.org/10.1186/s130...
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First evidence of transovarial transmission of Kyasanur Forest disease virus in Haemaphysalis and Rhipicephalus ticks in the wild - Parasites & Vectors
Background Kyasanur forest disease virus (KFDV) is a tick-borne flavivirus causing debilitating and potentially fatal disease in people in the Western Ghats region of India. The transmission cycle is ...
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-024-06643-5
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Moritz Kraemer
10 months ago
New study on dengue importation dynamics in Africa combining passenger flight, suitability, and seasonal transmission dynamics. Led by Jenicca Poongavanan and Houriiyah Tegally.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Francesca Mancini
10 months ago
Looking for a
#PhDposition
? Passionate about
#pollinators
and
#citizenscience
? Come do a PhD at
@ukceh.bsky.social
on developing indicators for pollinating insects using data from UK PoMS. The project includes a placement at JNCC. To apply
tinyurl.com/3ve5szrh
@drnickisaac.bsky.social
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CR2025_21: Developing metrics of change for pollinating insects in the UK at University of Reading on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - CR2025_21: Developing metrics of change for pollinating insects in the UK at University of Reading, listed on FindAPhD.com
https://tinyurl.com/3ve5szrh
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Beth Purse
10 months ago
Read about the factors affecting cross-sectoral collaboration in zoonotic disease management in India in our new paper, by Dr Festus Asaaga and the IndiaZooRisk and IndiaZooSystems teams
rdcu.be/d2akp
@ukceh.bsky.social
@ukri.org
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Ties that bind: understanding One Health networks and participation for zoonoses prevention and control in India
https://rdcu.be/d2akp
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Our new paper in
@jappliedecology.bsky.social
used models informed by spread in invaded regions to assess the effectiveness of interventions targeting yellow-legged hornet (aka Asian hornet) at its invasion front in Europe.
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
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Predicting the spatio‐temporal dynamics of biological invasions: Have rapid responses in Europe limited the spread of the yellow‐legged hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax)?
By predicting the extent of a biological invasion in the absence of timely interventions and comparing this to the current distribution of the yellow-legged hornet, we found that management measures ...
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14829
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