Zulma M. Cucunubá
zulmacucunuba.bsky.social
Director, Public Health Institute & Prof. Epidemiology @Javeriana University (Bogotá, Colombia 🇨🇴) | Co-Lead Epiverse TRACE-LAC | Member Lancet Commission on Epidemic and Pandemic Modelling 🧬🦟📊 🔍 Data and policy to advance global health in Latin America.
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I completely agree this was almost certainly a single spillover (followed by human-to-human transmission on the ship), however, the "one detected single-nucleotide polymorphism per patient" doesn't allow us to confirm or refute that - exposure from a shared source would very likely look the same.
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A large number of people were already in need of health assistance in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), prior to this latest outbreak of Ebola disease (EBOD). 🔗 www.who.int/news-room/fa... 🔗 reliefweb.int/report/democ...
Show PostSome past published examples of incubation periods (IP) of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) cases. Note that the extremes of 6+ weeks (42+ days) are the exception, not the rule.
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Hantavirus (Andes virus) modelling with @jasonandrews.bsky.social: Long incubation & ~subclinical shedding in some may limit symptomatic screening, as transmission can occur before symptom onset. Longer isolation with periodic testing may reduce spread. Preprint: tinyurl.com/3n74863m
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