“As of September 16, 36 Powassan virus cases from 9 states have been reported this year, 33 of them involving neuroinvasive disease. Most were reported from Wisconsin and Minnesota, with several Northeastern states also reporting cases” www.cidrap.umn.edu/tick-borne-d...

Hey @wien.gv.at! Covid Impfungen gibts im Moment bei euch erst ab 29.10. und die Welle rollt. Bitte unbedingt mehr Termine freischalten!

#FSME-Fälle bei Babies sind extrem selten, aber leider möglich: Wir haben gerade einen Fall bei einem erst 3 Wochen alten Baby nach Zeckenstich bestätigt #ReferenzzentraleHumaneArbovirusinfektionen #MedUniWien

OneHealth Seminar LBI-SOA mit AGES-ExpertInnen zu Stechmücken und West Nil Viren 👉 soap.lbg.ac.at/events/west-... West Nil Fieber Fälle in Österreich beim Menschen sind zuletzt deutlich angestiegen 📈all-time-high 2024 -unsere Studie dazu erscheint demnächst in #Eurosurveillance!! #OneHealth

Does drinking beer make you more attractive to mosquitoes? Experiments performed at a large music festival suggest the bloodsuckers are more attracted to hedonistic attendees www.science.org/cont... 1/3

Die österreichischen Sentineldaten dieser Woche (KW38) zeigen einen weiter ansteigenden Trend der Aktivität von Rhinoviren (33% positive Proben) und SARS-CoV-2 (21%) - 1 sporadischer Influenza Fall #DINÖ #MonikaRedlberger #MedUniWien #ZentrumVirologie

✨Congratulations to Florian Krammer who won the Gardner Award #ESCV2025 ! And gave an outstanding lecture on neuraminidase -based broadly protective influenza vaccines #EuropeanSocietyofClinicalVirology #Thessaloniki

Derzeit vermehrt #Chikungunya Fälle in Italien. Bei Fieber, Hautausschlag, Gelenksschmerzen nach Italienaufenthalt (va i d Regionen Emilia-Romagna und Venetien) sollte man sich auch auf #Chikungunya testen lassen #Referenzzentrale_HumaneArbovirusInfektionen #ZentrumVirologie #MedUniWien

Ebola vaccine arrives in DR Congo hot spot as illnesses, deaths rise Provincial health officials have now reported 81 cases, which includes 28 deaths. www.cidrap.umn.edu/e... Photo: NIAID/Flickr cc

climate change - it's a thing. and it affects more than just the climate and weather www.science.org/content/arti...

Job offer! We have a fully funded open PhD student position at the @mdc-bimsb.bsky.social as part of @deep-dv-for5200.bsky.social, on RNA-based molecular mechanisms in herpes simplex virus 1-infected cells. Please spread the word, and DM me in case of questions. www.mdc-berlin.de/career/jobs/...

Italy West Nile virus deaths rise to 39 open.substack.com/pub/outbreak...

“Ebola is never just a virus; it is a mirror." My latest in @statnews.com on #Ebola in #DRC. I’ve seen its horror firsthand — when every hour counts & fear spreads fast. Global health defenses are weakening — what starts remote can quickly become a global threat. www.statnews.com/2025/09/11/e...

Good news! Ring vaccinations against #Ebola have begun in DRC, according to @who.int: “An initial 400 doses of the Ervebo Ebola vaccine—from the country’s stockpile of 2000 doses prepositioned in the capital Kinshasa—have been delivered to Bulape, one of the current hotspots of the outbreak.”

On Dec. 18, Olivia Li turned 4. Barely five weeks later, she slipped into unconsciousness, a rare and unexpected consequence of a flu infection. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/h...

Heute ist Welt-Sepsis-Tag #Sepsis #Rettungsdienst #Notfallmedizin #Intensivmedizin Die Sepsis wird immernoch zu häufig nicht erkannt. Wird sie erkannt, dann wird häufig nicht aggressiv genug therapiert. Think Sepsis - Treat Sepsis

Recently we published a report describing what I *think* is the longest known continuous case of Covid-19 to date. For some reason I've not found time to post about it. While I get around to doing so you can read a summary here 👇 www.contagionlive.com/view/persist...

Ebola cases have more than doubled in a week in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Suspected cases increased from 28-68 in recent days, the Africa Centers for Disease Control & Prevention said during an online briefing. Ebola virus has also spread from 2-4 districts. The death toll stands at 16👇

Die Sentineldaten dieser Woche (KW37) zeigen einen ansteigenden Trend der respiratorischen Virusaktivität in Österreich Dominiert wir das Infektionsgeschehen durch #Rhinoviren (36%) und #SARS-CoV2 (23%) - 2 sporadische Influenza Fälle #DINÖ #MonikaRedlberger #MedUniWien #ZentrumVirologie

🚨 Last Call to Register! 🚨 The ESCV 2025 is happening next week in Thessaloniki, Greece – 17–20 September 2025! 🌍✨ 📅 Don’t miss out – secure your spot before it’s too late! 👉 escv2025.org/registration... See you there! #ESCV2025 #ClinicalVirology #Virology

See you Thursday 18th for our first seminar of the series with the inspiring @priyashah.bsky.social from @ucdavis.bsky.social with her talk “Harder, better, faster, stronger: integrating virology and engineering to drive discovery”. All welcome! email us for the zoom link.

Death from sub-acute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) in a child in Los Angeles SSPE is a rare sequel of #measles infection that appears years after the initial infection, and is uniformly fatal. So sorry for this family. As things are going on the US, we'll be seeing more of these cases.

<sigh> Again, a warming climate helps disease spread. Example this time - Dengue Fever. 🧪 Link: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Good news ⭐️ RSV-Schutz mit Nirsevimab, das schwere Atemwegs-Erkrankungen um >80% reduziert, wird ab Oktober allen Neugeborenen kostenlos zur Verfügung stehen Kinder mit erhöhtem Risiko für schwere Verläufe erhalten die Immunisierung auch vor ihrer zweiten RSV-Saison science.orf.at/stories/3231...

🚨 Ebola Outbreak – Kasai, DRC 🇨🇩 📢 1st SitRep from WHO Country Office 👩‍🍼 Index case: pregnant woman admitted Aug 20, died Aug 25 📊 28 suspect cases | 15 deaths (54% CFR) | 4 HCWs 🧑 🛡️ Response: surveillance, contact tracing, isolation + 2,000 Ervebo doses 💉 🧬Sequencing: confirms new spillover event

Honored to begin my role as Professor of Experimental Rheumatology @meduniwien.ac.at. Leading translational research in precision medicine & cellular immunotherapies, we aim to bridge discovery & care, moving toward curative options for autoimmune diseases. 🔬 tinyurl.com/385e377v

Weiterhin niedrige Aktivität respiratorischer Viren im Sentinelsystem Österreich, KW36 - 25% der Infektionen durch #Rhinoviren - ähnlich der Vorwoche ist ca jede 5. Probe #SARS-CoV2 positiv (19%) -2 reiseassoziierte #Influenzafälle #SentinelsystemÖsterreich #MonikaRedlberger #MedUniWien

And here’s confirmation from @WHO: “Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Kasai Province where 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths, including four health workers, have been reported as of 4 September 2025.” #IDsky 🧪

Given debate about vaccines, this matters 👇 🦠 #Ebola has a 25–90% fatality rate. I’ve personally seen hundreds die from this disease. Supportive care & vaccination are critical. Vaccines: - Ervebo: 1 dose, proven in outbreaks - Zabdeno/Mvabea: 2 doses, broader protection ✅ Vaccines save lives.

Mosquito-borne viruses surge in a warming Europe Chikungunya cases break records in France; West Nile virus appears near Rome #Arbovirus #mosquito

Oh hey, H5N1 in Texas dairy cows! Are you a new spillover or have you always been there, undetected b/c of insufficient testing? It’s migration season, almost flu season, & we’ve never had a handle on the cow outbreak. Bird flu is here & we ignore at our peril www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...

#FSME Saison ist noch nicht zu Ende Bisher 107 FSME-Patienten die mit neurolog. Erkrankung stationär behandelt wurden - jüngster Patient = 2 Jahre, ältester 86 Jahre #ungeimpft - und leider ein sehr seltener Fall e. schweren FSME in der Schwangerschaft #ungeimpft #ReferenzzentraleFSME #MedUniWien

EBV induces CNS homing of B cells attracting inflammatory T cells. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Rabies is one of the deadliest viruses and is 100% preventable with vaccines. With cases rising, we’re reminded about the importance of vaccines. Science and vaccines save lives. Undermining them costs lives www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Benefiz-Aktion „Höhenmeter für MECFS“ Ab 1.9. bis 31.12.2025 spende ich pro erwanderten Höhenmeter 10 Cent an die Österreichische Gesellschaft für @mecfs.at. Vor 2 Jahren kamen so 1114 Euro zusammen. Ich lade alle Wanderer und Bergsteiger zum Mitmachen ein! coronafakten.com/benefiz-akti...

We’re back with another season of monthly seminars bringing together diverse and leading investigators worldwide to share cutting-edge arbovirus science. 🧬 Topics span molecular virology, virus–vector interactions, epidemiology, pathogenesis, and more. 📅 3rd Thursday each month 🕚 11 AM US ET Zoom

Would never ever be possible today and I am quite pessimistic that we will eradicate another human disease in the years (decades?) to come.

Update Sentinelsystem respiratorische Viren - Österreich Diese Woche leichter Anstieg der Einsendungen und der #SARS-CoV-2 Fälle: 20% positive Sentinelproben (alle BL) #Rhinoviren 9% #Enteroviren 3% bei insgesamt niedriger Virusaktivität #Sentinelsystem #MedUniWien #MonikaRedlberger #Virologie

The number of kids who died from flu in the 2024-25 season is still rising. #CDC was informed of another 5 deaths, bringing the season total to 275 so far. Deaths occurred in Jan & May. The only time more peds deaths from flu were reported was in the 2009 pandemic. www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...

🦟 West Nile virus in Europe As summer progresses, IT, EL, RO, BG & FR have reported 163 locally acquired human cases of #WestNileVirus infection so far this year. 📊 This is above the 10-year average for this point in the season, but far below the same period in record years of 2024 & 2018.

The goal of a PhD is not to learn some facts or read a few papers or learn a bunch of techniques. The goal of a PhD is to learn independence, problem solving, how to finish things you start, resilience, & gain the ability to adapt & think creatively. Learning these things is hard.

How does Epstein- Barr virus induce multiple sclerosis? The infection leads to B cells that get into the brain, attracting pro-inflammatory T cells (mouse model) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The brain-immune axis at work. Just photos of people with infections (using VR, avatars) activates the immune system (vs controls) www.nature.com/articles/d41... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Update - respiratorische Virusaktivität diese Woche (KW30) in Österreich #Rhinoviren: 19% der Sentinelproben #SARS-CoV-2: 13% #Parainfluenzaviren: 9% #Enteroviren 6% Derzeit sehr geringe Virusaktivität #Sentinelsystem #ZentrumVirologie #MonikaRedlberger #MedUniWien

🧵 Dengue is no longer just a tropical disease - it's showing up in Europe. This season, France, Italy, and Portugal (Madeira) have already reported locally acquired dengue cases. Check the latest #CDTR on #dengue here: bit.ly/3TQpDVu #IdSky #EpiSky #MosquitoBorne #Prevention #PublicHealth

Our Paper "Evolving infectious disease dynamics shape school-based intervention effectiveness" is finally out in Nature Communications. www.nature.com/articles/s41... This work was a great and intensive collaboration and I am incredibly proud of it - what did we do and what did we find?

Das kostenlose Impfprogramm wird auf Gürtelrose und Pneumokokken (u. a. Lungenentzündung, Gehirnhautentzündung) für über 60-Jährige und Risikogruppen ausgeweitet. Gesundheit darf nicht vom Geldbörserl abhängen. Wer sich schützen möchte, soll das auch können.

Neuentwickelte Antikörpertests zur Früherkennung von Multipler Sklerose (MS) könnten in Zukunft eine Behandlung bereits vor Auftreten erster Symptome ermöglichen @meduniwien.ac.at #ElisabethPuchhammer-Stöckl #HannesVietzen #ZentrumVirologie #ThomasBerger #PaulusRommer #UniversitätsklinikNeurologie

Stehendes Wasser - bekanntermaßen beste Brutstätten für Moskitos, Culex, Aedes 🦟 - es wäre ideal, wenn in den Baumbewässerungsbeuteln die Laschen intakt bleiben und die Einfüllöffnungen nicht reihenweise aufgeschnitten werden #Wien #Prater #MA42