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A new paper from my laboratory in Eurosurveillance: Diana I. Palme; Juliane Lang; Dajana Helke; Maryna Kuryshko, Elsayed M. Abdelwhab Strain-dependent variations in replication of European clade 2.3.4.4b influenza A(H5N1) viruses in bovine cells and thermal inactivation in semi-skimmed or whole milk      Effect of fat content on thermal inactivation of European H5N1 flu: - At 56°C/30 min, some retained infectivity, especially in whole milk - Complete inactivation at 75°C/30 min or 56°C/120 min - Heat whole milk properly We showed strain-specific replication efficacy of European H5N1 viruses from Germany in bovine kidney and lung cells. the work is funded by @KappaFlu #ERANET # FLU-Switch; Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut

Risk assessment is hard and context is important, especially when so much information is siloed. Several recent virology papers have described how the H5N1 influenza virus is able to infect human conjunctivia and cattle mammary glands because of the alpha2,3 receptors. Concern about human to human spread is somewhat muted because the receptors in the upper airways for humans are predominantly alpha2,6. The human nasolacrimal duct contains a mix of the receptors and lies inbetween the eyes and respiratory tract. (The picture below is from Belser et al., 2013).

New paper alert! The microbiota of mosquitoes affects its immune response and vector competence. Yet, so little is known about the microbiota of the major African malaria vector, Anopheles funestus. Read our findings at the link below!  https://lnkd.in/daG9xYUb

One of our latest research results is now published in #IEEE_Transactions_on_Plasma_Science #Paper_Title : THz Sensor With Ultrahigh Sensitivity and Tunability for Influenza Virus Detection This article introduces a modeling and analysis of a biosensor for detecting swine influenza viruses (SIVs) in the terahertz frequency band using a novel approach. You can read the full article here : https://lnkd.in/dA3NX9d8

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