*However, the UK squirrel connection has also told us something equally important about the history of leprosy. There's a 2nd species of leprosy which has been found in UK squirrels ... & in Central America. Another "Columbian Exchange"? We have no idea yet: www.academia.edu/95928220
October 13, 2024 at 4:40 PM
And we wonder where zoonotics come from...
July 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
And we wonder where zoonotics come from...
Some zoonotics have been sourced back to rattlesnakes and ticks and even fleas. The work does not stop just because the source is a mystery. People still don’t believe that HIV got into humans from sexual contact with green monkeys or that Ditler genes came from Chimps. Science must not give up.
September 25, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Some zoonotics have been sourced back to rattlesnakes and ticks and even fleas. The work does not stop just because the source is a mystery. People still don’t believe that HIV got into humans from sexual contact with green monkeys or that Ditler genes came from Chimps. Science must not give up.
I had a fine time talking with Jacob Watson-Howland for his podcast. We went deep into the weeds of zoonotics and much else.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0wW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0wW...
Disease Expert: I Predicted COVID in 2010! Contagious Cancer & The Next Global Pandemic
YouTube video by Jacob J. Watson-Howland
www.youtube.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I had a fine time talking with Jacob Watson-Howland for his podcast. We went deep into the weeds of zoonotics and much else.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0wW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0wW...
Yeah, with deer, elk, et al, I’d be more worried about plague and other zoonotics vs CWD. That said, prions scare the shit out of me and always have. They’re right up there with Guinea Worms.
January 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Yeah, with deer, elk, et al, I’d be more worried about plague and other zoonotics vs CWD. That said, prions scare the shit out of me and always have. They’re right up there with Guinea Worms.
And after that momentous change in my lifetime we're now going backwards thanks to a combination of antivaxxers and spread of insect bourne diseases to new areas thanks to climate change plus new zoonotics
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We’ve saved 154 million lives. Want to guess how?
There’s one effective public health tool that has verifiably slashed global infant mortality.
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April 26, 2024 at 7:46 PM
And after that momentous change in my lifetime we're now going backwards thanks to a combination of antivaxxers and spread of insect bourne diseases to new areas thanks to climate change plus new zoonotics
This focus on #leprosy ties in with my 🧵 from this morning, which was talking about the ways understandings of zoonotics (transference of diseases between animals & humans) are being informed by histories of cultural practices. bsky.app/profile/moni... This is the new age of #GlobalHealthHistory.
This has been quite a long route from marginal text missing from a photograph to connections to the "slow pandemic" that was leprosy in the Middle Ages (constantinusafricanus.com/2025/01/26/l...). But that's how #histmed works in an interdisciplinary mode. Thanks to all who have contributed!
Leprosy in the Global Middle Ages: A Slow Pandemic
In August 2024, Jordan became the first country to officially eliminate leprosy.1 Countries participating in the World Health Organization (WHO)2 have committed not simply to bringing percentages o…
constantinusafricanus.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This focus on #leprosy ties in with my 🧵 from this morning, which was talking about the ways understandings of zoonotics (transference of diseases between animals & humans) are being informed by histories of cultural practices. bsky.app/profile/moni... This is the new age of #GlobalHealthHistory.
Zoonotics ruin everything!
March 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Zoonotics ruin everything!
🦇Els ratpenats són clau com a reservoris de virus zoonòtics, i aquest treball amplia el mapa de la diversitat vírica fins a Sud-amèrica. 🧬
#CISA-INIA @ub.edu
#CISA-INIA @ub.edu
May 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM
🦇Els ratpenats són clau com a reservoris de virus zoonòtics, i aquest treball amplia el mapa de la diversitat vírica fins a Sud-amèrica. 🧬
#CISA-INIA @ub.edu
#CISA-INIA @ub.edu
well, they can blame China. Wet markets have been flagged as a source of zoonotics by WHO for at least a decade and yet China has failed to shut them down.
March 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
well, they can blame China. Wet markets have been flagged as a source of zoonotics by WHO for at least a decade and yet China has failed to shut them down.
Maybe not too close, given the zoonotics lately!
June 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Maybe not too close, given the zoonotics lately!
Ohhh nope nope nope.
Do you want Last of Us? This is how we get Last of Us.
We do not need plant to human fungal zoonotics (phytonotics?).
Do you want Last of Us? This is how we get Last of Us.
We do not need plant to human fungal zoonotics (phytonotics?).
Hey @neolithicsheep.bsky.social about that whole prophecy thing… www.sciencealert.com/plant-fungus...
September 25, 2023 at 12:20 AM
Ohhh nope nope nope.
Do you want Last of Us? This is how we get Last of Us.
We do not need plant to human fungal zoonotics (phytonotics?).
Do you want Last of Us? This is how we get Last of Us.
We do not need plant to human fungal zoonotics (phytonotics?).
Every fucking day. And I don't even have kids.
Oh, and emerging infectious disease, especially zoonotics.
Oh, and emerging infectious disease, especially zoonotics.
February 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Every fucking day. And I don't even have kids.
Oh, and emerging infectious disease, especially zoonotics.
Oh, and emerging infectious disease, especially zoonotics.
Wonder if eckerleisabella.bsky.social, should be there? She's of course not only a bat scientist but into zoonotics.
bsky.app
November 29, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Wonder if eckerleisabella.bsky.social, should be there? She's of course not only a bat scientist but into zoonotics.
im very happy to see those defensive postures. Stay scared of people little babies <3
an adorable moment, but only bc i know you know the hazards, and are going to take necessary precautions to protect your babies from zoonotics
you almost always see videos like this end in feeding them, hate it
an adorable moment, but only bc i know you know the hazards, and are going to take necessary precautions to protect your babies from zoonotics
you almost always see videos like this end in feeding them, hate it
July 8, 2026 at 4:46 PM
im very happy to see those defensive postures. Stay scared of people little babies <3
an adorable moment, but only bc i know you know the hazards, and are going to take necessary precautions to protect your babies from zoonotics
you almost always see videos like this end in feeding them, hate it
an adorable moment, but only bc i know you know the hazards, and are going to take necessary precautions to protect your babies from zoonotics
you almost always see videos like this end in feeding them, hate it
That is worrying, I didn't realize there were so many zoonotics. Given our population and the ease with which we can travel the world, and our tendency to raise large numbers of animals in small confined areas, I think would be well advised to be more prepared than we are.
March 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
That is worrying, I didn't realize there were so many zoonotics. Given our population and the ease with which we can travel the world, and our tendency to raise large numbers of animals in small confined areas, I think would be well advised to be more prepared than we are.
yeah i mean squirrels are just another kind of rodent at the end of the day so idk that they couldn't be a pet? i would think it might actually be because they can more easily spread zoonotics? but that's a total guess
November 2, 2024 at 9:30 PM
yeah i mean squirrels are just another kind of rodent at the end of the day so idk that they couldn't be a pet? i would think it might actually be because they can more easily spread zoonotics? but that's a total guess
Please follow @robynalders.bsky.social. She is a valuable source of insight relating to One Health, and zoonotics including H5N1
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What’s driving avian influenza virus evolution? Human food systems. New publication written by Robyn Alders and Dirk Pfeiffer
devpolicy.org/whats-drivin...
devpolicy.org/whats-drivin...
What's driving avian influenza virus evolution? Human food systems - Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre
Avian influenza outbreaks in an increasing number of avian and mammalian species should lead us to rethink food systems, say Robyn Alders and Dirk Pfeiffer.
devpolicy.org
January 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Please follow @robynalders.bsky.social. She is a valuable source of insight relating to One Health, and zoonotics including H5N1
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Campylobacter, a major foodborne pathogen, shows rising antimicrobial resistance. Global analysis of AMR trends and drivers is crucial for effective control.
Read More: tinyurl.com/2s46ux59
#AMR #AMRgene #drivingfactor #Zoonoses #Zoonosis #Zoonotics #Zoonoticdiseases @scienceopen.bsky.social
Read More: tinyurl.com/2s46ux59
#AMR #AMRgene #drivingfactor #Zoonoses #Zoonosis #Zoonotics #Zoonoticdiseases @scienceopen.bsky.social
Longitudinal Trends and Drivers of Antimicrobial Resistance in Campylobacter Worldwide (1954-2023)
Campylobacter, a major foodborne pathogen, shows rising antimicrobial resistance. Global analysis of AMR trends and drivers is crucial for effective control.
tinyurl.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Campylobacter, a major foodborne pathogen, shows rising antimicrobial resistance. Global analysis of AMR trends and drivers is crucial for effective control.
Read More: tinyurl.com/2s46ux59
#AMR #AMRgene #drivingfactor #Zoonoses #Zoonosis #Zoonotics #Zoonoticdiseases @scienceopen.bsky.social
Read More: tinyurl.com/2s46ux59
#AMR #AMRgene #drivingfactor #Zoonoses #Zoonosis #Zoonotics #Zoonoticdiseases @scienceopen.bsky.social
Ah, but to have Brezhnevian eyebrows to punctuate your thoughts...!!!
August 28, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Ah, but to have Brezhnevian eyebrows to punctuate your thoughts...!!!
We handle animal remains by not handling them. If they must be shifted off of the trail we do it carefully so as not to aspirate any remains. A CDC person and your own people told us that Yersinia pestis is prevalent enough to warrant annual training to include a segment on zoonotics to avoid
March 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We handle animal remains by not handling them. If they must be shifted off of the trail we do it carefully so as not to aspirate any remains. A CDC person and your own people told us that Yersinia pestis is prevalent enough to warrant annual training to include a segment on zoonotics to avoid
I'm trying to write a joke about zoonotics batting 1.000 or nipah being up to bat but it's just not coming together, for which I apologize
January 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I'm trying to write a joke about zoonotics batting 1.000 or nipah being up to bat but it's just not coming together, for which I apologize
Told you to stay away from nosocomials in the first round; told you zoonotics and tick bornes were over powered
Don’t cry to me about your 1-4 record
Don’t cry to me about your 1-4 record
October 20, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Told you to stay away from nosocomials in the first round; told you zoonotics and tick bornes were over powered
Don’t cry to me about your 1-4 record
Don’t cry to me about your 1-4 record