The UK's COVID-19 epidemic during early 2020 was one of world's largest and unusually well represented by virus genomic sampling. Here we reveal the fine-scale genetic lineage structure of this epidemic through analysis of 50,887 SARS-CoV-2 genomes,...
Cara BrookExcited to announce that my new lab at the University of Chicago is recruiting PhD students, postdocs, and field techs to study the ecology and evolution of zoonotic diseases, starting fall 2021! brooklab.org/jointhelabpic.twitter.com/FjCj4mUcUV
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White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows seemed to indicate the Trump administration has concluded containment of the virus is not possible.
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Tom Inglesby.@WHO: 'The alternative [to working to contain COVID] is to face a ātsunami of casesā that will put the health and lives of health care workers in jeopardy and cripple health care systems, he said. āYou run out of capacity to cope.ā
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Dr Alexandra PhelanLockdowns are not inevitable but an emergency stop. Countries can avoid them with comprehensive test, trace, quarantine, isolate, support systems & public uptake of measures to reduce transmission, inc. masks & distancing.
"Giving up" is never an option.
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Helen BranswellDo not give up on trying to control #Covid19, @WHO urges. Lockdowns can be avoided if governments support test, trace & then support people in quarantine and individuals play their part too. The alternative? "A tsunami of cases" that strain health care.
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To know virologist Akiko Iwasaki is to know that she is passionate about combatting sexism, power imbalance, and toxic behavior in academia.
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Prof. Akiko IwasakiOMG šš¼š
Thank you so much @statnews@scchak for writing this article about me. It is not just a story about me, but of the brave and brilliant people who I surround myself with. This is a story of every #womeninSTEM.
statnews.com/2020/10/27/aki⦠via
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Helen Branswell"If we want to do the best science we can, we need a diverse set of people." āĀ star Yale immunologist @VirusesImmunity talks to @scchak about battling sexism & toxic behavior in academia.
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Experts say itās normal for levels of antibodies to drop after clearing an infection, and that they represent just one arm of the immune response against a virus.
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Apoorva MandavilliThe headlines, all of a sudden, are everywhere. UK study showed antibodies to the coronavirus decline so we're all doomed. No immunity, no vaccines, no herd immunity.
People, we have enough real things to worry about. Do not worry about this. 1/x
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During the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in humans a D614G substitution in the spike (S) protein emerged and became the predominant circulating variant (S-614G) of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, whether the increasing prevalence of the S-614G variant...
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Volker ThielOnline now: SARS-CoV-2 spike D614G variant confers enhanced replication and transmissibility
Thanks for the great collaborative effort @Loeffler_News@DewIvcp@CharafBenarafa #D614G
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Pathogen genomes provide insights into their evolution and epidemic spread. We sequenced 1,439 SARS-CoV-2 genomes from Switzerland, representing 3-7% of all confirmed cases per week. Using these data, we demonstrate that no one lineage became...
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Tanja StadlerInsights into the evolution and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Switzerland until the end of August based on data from our nation-wide sequencing effort; a time period covering the first wave, low case numbers, and slow exponential growth over the summer medrxiv.org/cgi/content/sh⦠1/2
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Tests on more than 365,000 people in England have shown that the antibody response to the virus that causes COVID-19 wanes over time.
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Helen WardAs we report the latest findings from the REACT studies this week, Iād like to say a huge thank you to the hundred of thousands of people who have taken part. You make a major contribution to research - we couldnāt do this without you!
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SARS-CoV-2 has caused a global pandemic with millions infected and numerous fatalities. Questions regarding the robustness, functionality, and longevity of the antibody response to the virus remain unanswered. Here we report that the vast majority...
Background: Two antigen-detecting rapid diagnostic tests (Ag-RDTs) are now approved through the WHO Emergency Use Listing procedure and can be performed at the point-of-care. However, both tests use nasopharyngeal (NP) swab samples. NP swab samples...
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Michael MinaNew paper showing strong agreement between nasal (ie self collection) and nasopharyngeal swab on rapid test. This is an important finding since, in US, rapid tests currently authorized for nasopharyngeal swabs and thus need healthcare collections
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We should still wash our hands, but growing evidence suggests one of the main ways Covid spreads is through the air, says clinical virologist Julian Tang
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Linsey MarrExcellent op-ed from someone who has studied airborne transmission of viruses for a long time: Julian Tang
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The country has averaged at least 71,000 new coronavirus cases a day over the past week, the most in any seven-day stretch of the pandemic.
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Apoorva MandavilliNEW: New British report says antibody levels to coronavirus are declining, prompting widespread fears. But experts said these worries were overblown: āSome of these headlines are silly."
(Full story coming soon)
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New research found āautoantibodiesā similar to those in lupus and rheumatoid arthritis patients. But patients may also benefit from treatments for those autoimmune diseases.