@ARGOSamsterdam GGD Amsterdam Amsterdam UMC Same data, different graph. These data are generated using rapid variant PCR screening. Cheaper and faster than NGS, but no replacement for genomic surveillance. They supplement each other and both have strengths and weaknesses.

Ghana does indeed have its first #Marburg outbreak. Initial results have been confirmed by World Health Organization (WHO)’s collaborating Center in Senegal. So far 2 cases have been detected. Both have died.

Monkeypox(MPX) case in a child under age 10 identified without known source in the Netherlands Prodrome likely predated child's trip to Turkey MPX is spread by touch. As MPX spreads, infections can happen, without abuse, as children touch, play, and hug eurosurveillance.org/content/10.280…

@ECDC_Outbreaks ECDC GGD Amsterdam Infectious Disease Research WHO/Europe @CIBER_ESP EU One Health Rapid communication Paediatric monkeypox patient with unknown source of infection, 🇳🇱 June 2022 ➡️bit.ly/EUS2729pMPX #monkeypox #MPX #MPXV #IDTwitter #publichealth #epitwitter @Flahless1 Marcel Jonges @alvanels @AmsterdamUMC GGD Amsterdam Infectious Disease Research

Unexpected info on Spain's 2 fatal #MPX cases: Both men, aged 31 & 44. No epi link between the cases. Neither was immunocompromised. Neither had underlying chronic diseases. From a presentation by Isabel Jado, director of the National Center for Virology to a World Health Organization (WHO) meeting.

San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina - 8 healthcare workers and 1 patient ill - Symptoms: fever, myalgia, abdominal pain, dyspnea - 6 cases with bilateral pneumonia - Multiple requiring technical ventilation - 3 of 9 have died So what could this be? paho.org/en/documents/i…

Pneumonie cluster in Argentinië bij metname medisch personeel. Inmiddels 3 fatale gevallen, oorzaak nog onbekend. Benieuwd hoe dit gaat aflopen... promedmail.org/promed-post/?i…

One of the fastest moving is BQ.1.1, which combines 5 of these mutations. BQ.1.1’s fitness advantage is ~10-15% , around the same value that BA.5 had over BA.2 in spring ‘22. Other variants have fitness 5-10%. (The exact BQ.1.1 estimates for Germany are still uncertain.)

x.com/JosetteSchoenm… Recent overzicht over Omicronvariant CH.1.1 welke terrein wint. Toevalligerwijs pikt @ARGOSamsterdam deze nieuwe variant op met de S:444 variant PCR van @tibmolbiol. CH.1.1 geeft een duidelijke onderscheidende piek rond 48 graden:

14 of these samples were sequenced. Among these were 2 XBB.1.4 and the first Dutch XBF. These sublineages are growing fast in Denmark and Australia e.g. Out of 81 random samples from Amsterdam (wk 49) 47 were BQ.1(.1)*, 10 BA.2.75* of which 5 CH.1.1 and 7 XBB of which 2 XBB.1.5.

Best: A Tool for Characterizing Sequencing Errors biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Het aantal materialen dat Amsterdam UMC per week test voor respiratoire virussen is de afgelopen weken verdubbeld, waarbij momenteel 1/3 materialen positief test voor influenza A virussen. Voor nationale data en duiding, zie de influenza nieuwsbrief van ErasmusMC en RIVM.

Precies op tijd! Weekend met een functionerende Chromecast. Dank Google voor de automatische update. Het beest is hij weer in bedrijf. Netflix NL Formula 1