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Daniele de Rigo Jul 13, 2024

"As cases of #AvianInfluenza continue to rise in cattle [...], countries are preparing for the possibility that the virus could start spreading in people [...]

Studies suggest that the virus is spreading between cows through contaminated milking equipment, rather than airborne particles. The biggest risk is that it could evolve to infect #mammals more effectively, including through the #RespiratorySystem, which would make it more difficult to contain"

BC Info Bot Apr 6, 2023

Global News BC: B.C. health officials provide update on respiratory season https://globalnews.ca/news/9607330/bc-respiratory-season-covid-hospital/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BCrespiratoryseason #respiratorysystem #bccovidupdate #BcCovidRules #bcfluseason #BonnieHenry #fluseasonBC #Influenza #Health #COVID #rsv

B.C. health officials provide update on respiratory season

This announcement comes after what health officials called a 'winter surge' in respiratory illnesses at the end of last year, which hit the province hard.

Global News

۞immµnologẏ۞Jan 17, 2023

Highly Accurate Test for Common Respiratory Viruses Uses DNA as 'Bait':
A new test 'fishes' for multiple respiratory viruses at once using single strands of DNA as 'bait', and gives highly accurate results in under an hour

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-022-01287-x

#immunology #molecularbiology #cellbiology #virology #respiratorydiseases #respiratorysystem

Simultaneous identification of viruses and viral variants with programmable DNA nanobait - Nature Nanotechnology

Polymerase-chain-reaction-based methods used in clinic to identify respiratory viral infections cannot simultaneously detect multiple viruses or viral variants. Here nanopore nucleic acid sensing is coupled to programmable ribonuclease to simultaneously identify specific short RNA sequences of multiple viruses, without predetection steps such as sample purification or preamplification.

Nature

Justin (koavf)🌻🍉🇪🇭🌿Nov 27, 2022

Particulate matter gets trapped in lymph nodes in the lungs, greatly increasing the severity of infections with age: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-02073-x (academic) https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/decades-air-pollution-undermine-immune-system (popular)

#pollution #airpollution #particulatematter #particulates #pm #lungs #lunginfection #lymph #lymphnodes #respiratorysystem #respiratoryinfections #immunesystem #nature #columbia #doi10.1038/s41591-022-02073-x

Inhaled particulate accumulation with age impairs immune function and architecture in human lung lymph nodes - Nature Medicine

Carbon-containing particulates accumulate with age in a subset of macrophages in human lung-associated lymph nodes, decrease macrophage phagocytic capacity and turnover and disrupt lymphoid tissue structure, potentially compromising adaptive immune responses.

Nature

EU EnvironmentAgency Jun 20, 2022

#Airpollution remains a problem, but it doesn’t have to be this way - read our Executive Director's article on how the EU 🇪🇺 is working to improve #airquality #zeropollution #RespiratoryHealth2022
RT @MediaplanetUK: #RespiratoryHealth2022 launches today, distributed inside the @guardian and online at https://ow.ly/icTU30smbEt featuring Dr. Hans Bruyninckx with @euenvironment

#breatheeasy #respiratorysystem #lunghealth #respirato…

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1538842657723764738