A multi-country foodborne outbreak has been detected. You’re joining the investigation.
Our new e-learning puts you in the role of a junior epidemiologist working through a real-world outbreak scenario.
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@ecdc.europa.euA multi-country foodborne outbreak has been detected. You’re joining the investigation.
Our new e-learning puts you in the role of a junior epidemiologist working through a real-world outbreak scenario.
@ecdc.europa.euUpdate of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in DRC - 1 Oct:
On 30 Sep, DRC reported a total of 8 224 cases and 3 982 deaths (53 new cases & 28 deaths since the last update).
851 patients remain in isolation.
EU/EEA risk assessment remains VERY LOW.
More info: bit.ly/ECDCEbolaDRC
#IDsky #EPiSky
@josephmarcusid.medsky.socialThe @idweek.bsky.social website still says TBD.
However, if it is confirmed in Boston, there should be a raw oyster pro/con debate
@contagionlive.bsky.socialDr. Henry Chambers explains why the new S aureus bacteremia guidance replaces the complicated vs uncomplicated label with risk stratification, and how the statements are akin to the stages of cancer in guiding treatment decisions. #IDsky #Medsky
www.contagionlive.com/view/new-ids...
@aliciaault.bsky.socialTwo mathematicians have determined via modeling that Florida is dangerously close to a widespread measles outbreak--and that, due to tourism and snowbirds--it could end up sparking transmission across the US.
My story for @medscape.com
@aliciaault.bsky.social@josephmarcusid.medsky.social
@lancetmicrobe.bsky.socialNew research article
Host and environmental factors associated with upper respiratory tract mycobiota in healthy individuals: a cross-sectional observational study
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#IDSky #ClinMicro #MicroSky #MycoSky #microbiome #mycobiome #OpenAccess #OA
@lancetmicrobe.bsky.socialNew personal view article
Importance of faecal sample collection in prospective cohort studies to evaluate the effect of the gut #microbiome on #cancer development
@eurosurveillance.orgOur new issue is out 👉 bit.ly/EUS3139
It features a rapid communication from Germany which describes how they identified a second, genetically distinct #Shamonda virus (SHAV) clade in cattle in #Germany following SHAV emerged in #Europe in 2026
@contagionlive.bsky.social
@positivelad.me
@carb-x.bsky.socialCARB-X Alliance Director Betsy Wonderly Trainor will join leaders from across sectors next week at the GO-Dx leadership summit and diagnostic value think tank to continue advancing the GO-Dx compact announced at April’s G7 One Health Summit in France. #IDSky 🧪
@baladocritique.bsky.social“Phase 3 Trial of Weekly Oral Islatravir–Lenacapavir for HIV-1 Treatment.”
Publié ce jour dans le @nejm.org.
#MedSky #IDSky
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
@leprauk.bsky.social🌟OPENS TODAY🌟
📆 1-31 October 2026
📍 Colchester Library @essexlibraries
A New Face for Leprosy exhibition comes to Colchester Library for a free, month-long public event. https://ow.ly/PFjg50ZKBoL
@cmicomms.bsky.social📣 New #Communicable drops Mon 05 Oct!
Marc Bonten & Emily McDonald are joined by Valentijn Schweitzer & Sylvain Lother to discuss the use of macrolides in community-acquired pneumonia and how the available evidence informs clinical practice. Tune in!
@cmicomms.bsky.social📣 More evidence that less is probably more:
During a global shortage of #bloodculture bottles, Japanese hospitals reduced the number of sets drawn per patient.
Contamination rates went down, while detection rates of real pathogens did not.
@lancetmicrobe.bsky.socialNew research article
A competitive BB-ELISA for anti-toxin B neutralising antibodies in assessing risk of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection: a retrospective cohort study from the MODIFY I and II trials
