From #emergence to #endemicity: highly pathogenic #H5 avian #influenza viruses in #Taiwan, MedRxIV, https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.06.19.24309176v1

We reconstructed the evolutionary #history of GsGd #sublineage, clade 2.3.4.4c, in Taiwan using a time-heterogeneous rate phylogeographic model.

Increased #pathogenicity {in animal models} and #transmission of #SarsCoV2 #Omicron #XBB19 #sublineage, including #HK3 and #EG51, BioRxIV, https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.06.10.598324v1?rss=1

HK.3 and EG.5.1 exhibited greater pathogenicity than XBB.1.9.1 and BA.2 in H11-K18-hACE2 #hamsters. Our studies provide insight into the newly emerging #pathogens HK.3 and EG.5.1.

#China, #COVID19 is still the number one infectious #disease in #Beijing, said Beijing health officials on Thursday, noting that
#EG5, a #sublineage of the #Omicron variant, is currently the dominant strain across China, accounting for over 70 percent of COVID-19 infections. GT: https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202308/1296937.shtml #pandemic #SARS_CoV_2 #news #surveillance
COVID-19 still No.1 infectious disease in Beijing: health officials - Global Times