Show threadMx Verda1d ago

New slogan I need on every billboard, podcast ad, cereal box, news ticker, etc:
> "Symptom management" is lifesaving for disabled people. You do not understand.

#spoonie #disability #MassDisablingEvent #tired #sick #illness #unwell #disease #infectious #pathogen #virus #bacteria #fungus #protozoa #protist #hyphae #yeast #microbiome #microbiota #microorganisms #YouAreAColony #YouAreACity

PLOS BiologyMar 20
Can we predict which #pathogen will be responsible for the next #pandemic? Mete Yuksel & Nicole Mideo explore a new study in @PLOSBiology that challenges the idea that pathogens that frequently spill over are more likely to emerge. Paper: https://plos.io/4ss5WCY Primer: https://plos.io/4uOyh8f
Pathogen host jump risk is not predicted by spillover rate, but rather by novelty

Host jumps pose major risks to health, but predicting them remains challenging due to complex spillover dynamics. This study shows that pathogen novelty, rather than spillover rate, is a stronger predictor of host jump risk, emphasizing the importance of monitoring emerging pathogens with limited spillover histories.

PLOS BiologyMar 20
Pathogen host-jumps pose major risks to health, but how can we predict them? This study shows that #pathogen novelty, rather than #spillover rate, is a stronger predictor of host-jump risk, so we should monitor emerging pathogens with limited spillover histories @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/4ss5WCY
Pathogen host jump risk is not predicted by spillover rate, but rather by novelty

Host jumps pose major risks to health, but predicting them remains challenging due to complex spillover dynamics. This study shows that pathogen novelty, rather than spillover rate, is a stronger predictor of host jump risk, emphasizing the importance of monitoring emerging pathogens with limited spillover histories.

PLOS BiologyMar 19
What concrete steps can we take to reinforce #biorisk management? In this Perspective, an international group of experts advocate for better global standards for #pathogen research.
#Microbiology #DURC
https://plos.io/3NN7451
HavenMar 19
Has anyone been able to get data files for #wastewater #pathogen surveillance from WastewaterScan or NWSS? I would need the actual reported concentration data, not the post hoc categorized "levels". I know NWSS used to have an API for this, but can't find it anymore.
#epidemiology
J of Systematics and EvolutionMar 2
🍄The #fungal genus Phaeolus is a major #conifer #pathogen.
🌲Cui et al. explore its #phylogeny, #divergence times, and #biogeography, laying the foundation for future pathogen control and #ecological #conservation.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.13187 @WileyEcolEvol #JSE #forestry #trees #botany
SPAAM-communityMar 2
In today’s #MetagenomicsMonday: a study combining palaeopathology 🦴 and pathogen genomics 🧬🦠 revisits a presumed tuberculosis case from the North Caucasus. Instead of M. tuberculosis, ancient DNA of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae was recovered and a high-quality genome reconstructed (clade II, serotype 5), pointing to a different/more complex infectious scenario.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-37742-1
#SPAAM #aDNA #palaeopathology #pathogen #erysipeloid #genome #pathogengenome #ancientgenomics #metagenomics
Show threadMatthew CollinsFeb 26
In a scientific first, they successfully retrieved #pathogen genomes from medieval #parchment and paper #manuscripts 📖 - revealing that historical documents are an under-recognised source of ancient #disease data. (3/4) +1
JIPBFeb 23
Ceramide synthases are crucial to sphingolipid #biosynthesis and multiple aspects of #plant #development and #pathogen #immunity.
In a fascinating new study, Zhang et al. explore regulation of CerS activity in #Arabidopsis.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70081
@WileyLifeSci
#PlantSci #botany
NIOO-KNAWFeb 23
New publication: #Biofertilizer induces #soil #disease suppression by activating #pathogen suppressive #protist taxa.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41522-025-00897-2