Meet the Officer: Dr Lucy Brodie 👋

Dr Lucy Brodie is BIA Trainee Meetings Secretary & an ID/Microbiology trainee in Leeds. Since joining BIA Council in 2026, she has helped coordinate trainee events & support FIS.

💬 What topics or speakers would you like to see at future BIA meetings?

#Infection

Bots! No, not twitter #bots - flesh-eating #botfly larvae! (fun!)

These #parasites are surprisingly common in #cats & #dogs, & can be #deadly if left untreated. The larvae can migrate through organs and deep tissues, causing #infection.

peskylittlecritters.com/how-to-ident...

Vaccines May Protect Against Immune Dysfunction Long After Acute Infection
->Technology Networks | More on "Vaccines protect long-term immune function" at BigEarthData.ai | #Vaccine #Health #Infection

Study explains how sickle cell variant shapes malaria parasite infections
->News-Medical | More on "Sickle cell and malaria genetics" at BigEarthData.ai | #Malaria #Infection

Great pleasure to be at #SPAOM2026 showing a bit of what we are doing in the lab! @spaommeeting.bsky.social #microscopy #microbiology #infection

#quotes #books #booksky #excerpts #citations #humanplanet #lewis #maslin #disease #temperate #tropical #immunity #insect #contagious #climate #infection

Hepatitis A cases found in two Newcastle primary schools 🏫

🚌 Two hepatitis A cases have been identified at primary schools in Newcastle, officials from the UKHSA have confirmed.

Read it here 👇️

🔗 buff.ly/KcnoG9C

#hepatitis #HepA #Newcastle #infection #school #pharmacist

Vaccination protects the immune system from long-term infection damage
->News-Medical | More on "Vaccination prevents long-term immune damage" at BigEarthData.ai | #Vaccination #Health #Infection

📢 Consultant Members of BIA & CVN

We’ve reduced the registration fee for BIA Dilemmas Day 2027 to just £10.

Register for just £10 here 👉 fitwise-bia-dilemmas-day-2027.eventsairsite.com/registration...

#Infection #VirologyAndHIV #BIADilemmasDay2027

Warface is launching its autumn event "World 51," running October 7 to November 5.

#SteamAndEpic #October #Infection

The 9th BIA Dilemmas in Infection Day will also be the 1st joint Dilemmas Day with The UK Clinical Virology Network.

Make sure you register to join us in Birmingham on 26th January 2027 👉 fitwise-bia-dilemmas-day-2027.eventsairsite.com/registration...

#Infection #VirologyAndHIV #BIADilemmasDay2027

Raw milk poses serious infection risks with no added health benefits, pediatrician group warns
->CIDRAP | More on "Raw milk safety and health risks" at BigEarthData.ai | #Health #Infection

Hydroxyurea does not increase infection risk in children with sickle cell anemia
->News-Medical | More on "Hydroxyurea safety in sickle cell" at BigEarthData.ai | #Infection

Ultrasound- and fluoroscopy-guided hip aspiration before revision total hip arthroplasty: procedural outcomes and diagnostic accuracy in sequential cohorts
Thomas J A van Schaik et al.
doi.org/10.2340/1745...
#Arthroplasty #Hip #Implants #Infection #Radiological_imaging

'When prevention disappears, infections rise': can the world still end AIDS?
->Nature | More on "Fighting AIDS through prevention efforts" at BigEarthData.ai | #Infection

#goretober day 7: #infection
#furry #furryart #art

Scientists Identify Gene Signatures in Children with Severe COVID-19 Infection
->Newswise | More on "Gene signatures in severe childhood COVID-19" at BigEarthData.ai | #Covid19 #Infection #Science

🧫⚠️ Around 200 people are under medical observation in #Siberia after a worker at an #anti-plague research institute died from unexplained #pneumonia; officials say #Plague has not been confirmed.

#Biosafety #Yersinia #Infection #PublicHealth #Microsky via @time.com

time.com/article/2026...

Epigenetic Editing Could Wipe Out Chronic Hepatitis B Infections
->SingularityHub | More on "Epigenetic editing for viral infections" at BigEarthData.ai | #Infection