Lovely Mastodon peeps! Do I know any virologists here?
(Or are there any who don’t know me yet, but would be up for chatting briefly? It’s background for a project, and I would be really grateful, and of course credit you.)
Diabète, sclérose en plaques : des virus responsables de maladies auto-immunes ? | RTS
Les #virus sont de plus en plus accusés d’être les déclencheurs de maladies auto-immunes chez des personnes prédisposées génétiquement. Ainsi, la #sclérose en plaque apparait comme une complication rare de l’ #infection par le virus Epstein #Barr. De même, le virus #Coxsackie B semble un facteur majeur dans la survenue du #diabète de type 1 chez l’enfant. En limitant ces infections virales par des #vaccins ciblés, serait-il possible de prévenir certaines maladies #auto-immunes ?
The institute's founder, Mark McAfee, told the Los Angeles Times this weekend that his customers are, in fact, specifically requesting raw milk from #H5N1-infected #cows. According to McAfee, his customers believe, without evidence, that directly drinking high levels of the #avianinfluenza#virus will give them immunity to the deadly pathogen
Les chauves-souris sont des réservoirs de virus parfois très dangereux pour les humains. Pour ce premier épisode de la quatrième saison de Nourrir le vivant, nous vous emmenons au Cambodge traquer le virus Nipah dans une colonie de chauves-souris qui vit à proximité des communautés rurales.
I've never thought drinking raw (unpasteurized) milk was worth the risk, although many people disagree. With H5N1 virus (bird flu) showing up in milk in some US herds, that risk has increased. #virus#birdflu
#BirdFlu Cattle #Outbreak Feels Like 2020, Former Surgeon General Warns >>>
The cow-to-cow transmission is the latest escalation in a global outbreak that began when the #virus reemerged in Europe in '20. It has since killed tens of millions of birds and more than 40k sea lions.
#WHO called this an "animal pandemic" on April 18.
Genetic fragments of the virus, discovered in grocery store milk, suggest the outbreak is more widespread than officials believed.
Dr. #BarbPetersen, a dairy #veterinarian in #Amarillo, #Texas, had been caring for sick cows for several weeks in March when she and a colleague finally pinned down the cause of the illness among the herd: the #H5N1 strain of the #BirdFlu.
It was the first time the #virus had been detected in #cattle.
During that same time, she said, dairy workers also fell ill. #US
Bovine Veterinarian: A Message to the Ag Industry about H5N1
"Veterinarians such as Dr. Barb Petersen in Texas have been dealing with the virus in their clients’ dairy herds since at least March.
"It has been circulating here as early as February, based on retrospective feedback from owners and fellow veterinarians," says Petersen, owner of Sunrise Veterinary Service in Amarillo. ..."
#BirdFlu Is Infecting More #Mammals. What Does That Mean for Us? #H5N1, #avianflu#virus, killed tens of thousands of #marinemammals, and infiltrated American #livestock for first time.
H5N1, one of the many viruses that cause bird flu, had already killed at least 24,000 South American sea lions along the coasts in less than a year. Now comes for elephant seals.
Scientists are working quickly to assess how it is evolving and risk it poses to humans #Maskup
😲 Viruses Finally Reveal Their Complex Social Life
New research has uncovered a social world of viruses full of cheating, cooperation and other intrigues, suggesting that viruses make sense only as members of a community.
Experts are warning that a dengue fever outbreak in Latin America and the Caribbean could grow after 4.7 million people have already been infected this year, a higher number of cases than in all of 2023. The disease has exploded due to heavy precipitation from El Niño and climate change creating conditions in which mosquitoes that carry the virus thrive. PBS News has more about the disease and how to keep yourself safe.
Just kidding. I was trying to see how destructive this can be. It keeps spamming new windows that are always on top until your computer freezes, and it overrides any quit signal like ALT+F4 so you can't get rid of it. Neat, huh?
☠️ 🐝 Sugar beet farmers have the green light to use a banned pesticide deadly to #bees following a forecast that a #virus could sweep through their crops
#RichardBenwell, the CEO of #Wildlife and #Countryside Link, said: "To have FOUR emergency authorisations in a row makes a mockery of the ban, and now the trigger has been reached, nature will once again have to endure exposure to this harmful chemical" ⏩
Texted my hairdresser to advise her I’ve had a cold all week but it’s not Covid (three negative tests in three days) and does she want to reschedule. She said yes because in the last three weeks she’s had influenza A, recovered, relapsed and is still on the way to recovery. Give people a choice before you risk their health. It’s the civilised thing to do. #covid#influenza#virus#choice#stayhomeifsick#wearafuckingmask