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The biggest ever bird flu outbreak: what you need to know
October 18, 2022
In this episode of Microbe Talk, Charlotte talks to Dr Ian Brown about what makes this year’s bird flu outbreak bigger and more worrisome than before.
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Annual Conference Online 2021 – a view from the pets of Twitter
May 14, 2021
After a tumultuous year in 2020, delegates from around the world were able to attend Annual Conference Online 2021 (26–30 April) from the comfort of homes or offices, for the first ever digital version of our flagship event. In addition to the scientific programme, socials and online networking opportunities, photos of delegates' pets continued to raise our spirits throughout the week. This blog features their contributions to Conference.
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Microbiology Editor’s Choice: Understanding Streptococcus suis pathogenesis
February 1, 2019
Each month, a manuscript published in our flagship journal Microbiology is chosen by a member of the Editorial Board. This month, the paper is ‘The Streptococcus suis sortases SrtB and SrtF are essential for disease in pigs’ and was chosen by Christiane Dahl.
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Wolbachia: The mosquito manipulator
November 8, 2018
Using mosquitoes infected with bacteria sounds like a strange way to prevent the spread of disease, but that is exactly how scientists have been making headlines in Australia, Florida and Brazil. In an effort to combat dengue fever and Zika virus, thousands of mosquitoes are being intentionally infected with a bacterium called Wolbachia and released around the world.
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Molecular Biology and Pathogenesis of Avian Viruses - a view from Twitter
September 13, 2018
The Molecular Biology and Pathogenesis of Avian Viruses Focused Meeting took place at St Catherine's College, University of Oxford, UK, between 3–4 September. We've turned to Twitter to look at some of the highlights of the meeting.
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Emerging Zoonoses and AMR – a view from Twitter
July 9, 2018
The Emerging Zoonoses and AMR Focused Meeting took place on 2 July at the University of Surrey's School of Veterinary Medicine in Guildford. We’ve turned to Twitter to look at some of the highlights of the event.
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Protecting penguins from avian malaria
September 5, 2017
In 2016, a colony of penguins living in Exmoor Zoo in the UK suddenly died after an outbreak of avian malaria, a parasitic disease spread by the bites of infected mosquitoes. Sadly, this isn’t the only time that avian malaria has struck, and several other zoos in the UK have lost animals to the disease.
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A killer snake fungus has been found in wild British snakes for the first time
July 20, 2017
Back in April 2016, we wrote about an emerging disease that’s been killing wild snake populations in North America. Snake fungal disease, or SFD, is an infection that leads to blisters and lesions on snakes’ skin, turning scales yellow and crusty, and making eyes clouded and milky. Last year, scientists identified that the disease is caused by Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, a fungus that eats the keratin in infected tissue (the same protein found in nails and hair, although O. ophiodiicola only infects snakes).