First human #H5N1 case of 2026 in #Cambodia: a 30-year-old man from Kampot province. Sequencing, virus isolation & animal investigations ongoing. Dead chicken at home before onset. Patient has since recovered. 🦠💉😷🐓🥼🔬🧪
Sequencing, contact tracing, and poultry investigations ongoing.
Come find me today at the American Society for Virology in Montreal, Canada, where I will present about the emergence of a novel reassortant clade 2.3.2.1c/e virus associated with human cases in Cambodia!
#ASV #H5N1 #zoonoses #influenza
Article by @sneweyy.bsky.social . Thanks to @eakarlsson.bsky.social and the virology unit at Institut Pasteur du Cambodge.
Work made possible by @fao.org, @gatesfoundation.bsky.social, @iaeaorg.bsky.social with
@thermofishersci.bsky.social, @Innovaprep
@oxfordnanopore.bsky.social and @bentolab
In a region with ongoing #H5N1 infections in humans, #earlydetection is key, and approaches help us monitor high-risk environments quickly, safely, and cost-effectively.
Read the full article here: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
In May 2025, The Telegraph joined our field mission on virus surveillance work in #Cambodia, where we used novel, non-invasive techniques like air sampling in live bird markets and bat caves, paired with field-deployable tools, to detect #emergingviruses at the source.
The Virology Unit at IPC is constantly working to make surveillance/Early Warning faster, better, cheaper — from air sampling to portable labs. Happy to have our work featured in this @telegraphnews.bsky.social article by @sneweyy.bsky.social 🦠🧪🐓💉🥼😷
Read more: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Read the full story here to find out more about the innovative work (or, as @colincarlson.bsky.social put it, "cool and smart") to boost disease surveillance
Led by @eakarlsson.bsky.social, @jsiegers.bsky.social, Anna Fomsgaard & others at IPC & Cambodian MOH:
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Cambodia has confirmed its 9th and 10th human cases of H5N1 bird flu this year. 6 of these cases occurred in June alone. Sadly, 6 people have died in 2025. 🧪🧬🦠🔬🥼😷🐓💉
A great collaboration between virologist, entomologist and ecologists. @eakarlsson.bsky.social @tamikasz.bsky.social
Our findings emphasize the need for interdisciplinary approaches to zoonotic disease surveillance, integrating virology, ecology, and public health. SCCV adds to the growing list of coltiviruses with potential public health implications. #OneHealth #GlobalHealth #Virology
Could bat ectoparasites serve as a vector and/or reservoir of zoonotic viruses?
#OneHealth
With increasing human-wildlife contact in biodiverse regions, understanding viral diversity in ectoparasites like bat bugs is crucial for preventing spillovers.
#EmergingViruses #EID
SCCV is closely related to Tai Forest Reovirus (TFRV), previously found in African bats found in 18.4% of bat bugs collected from cave-dwelling bats.
SCCV was successfully isolated in several mammalian cell lines, showing potential to infect vertebrate hosts.
In a new study, using #metagenomics we discovered a novel Coltivirus, named Stricticimex coltivirus (SCCV), in a newly identified bat bug species in #Cambodia (Stricticimex phnomsampovensis) #OneHealth
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Cambodia reports second fatal human #H5N1 case in 2025 in a 2 y/o child from Prey Veng province on Feb 25. Exposure to sick and dead chickens near his home.
#Avian #influenza remains a serious threat. Strengthening #OneHealth surveillance and response is critical. #BirdFlu
A critical moment and opportunity for Singapore and ASEAN to redefine a system that is less dependent on singular $$$ powerhouses and more geopolitically stable.
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#GlobalHealth #WHO #PublicHealth #ASEAN #HealthLeadership #Singapore #OneHealth
The technology offers quicker, safer, and more cost-effective surveillance, crucial for global health preparedness. #virus #Innovation #OneHealth.
#FAO #ECTAD and #PasteurCambodia are using drones to collect environmental DNA (eDNA) from the air to detect zoonotic diseases to create early warning systems to monitor, predict, and prevent disease transmission at high-risk animal-human interfaces.
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New avian #H5N1 influenza variants threaten the Asia-Pacific region. Urgent action needed for comprehensive #surveillance, #diagnostics, #sequencing, #bioinformatics, and #data sharing is critical. 🌍🐔🦠 #AvianInfluenza #OneHealth #FAO #WHO
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