RichardJR

@electricbluesfan.bsky.social

1 year ago

6/9 The current outbreak pattern is unprecedented. "Until 2020, the pattern of H5N1 was very sporadic," MacIntyre explained. "We'd see an outbreak and then it would die down." Today's outbreak continues despite culling measures that previously controlled spread.
#OutbreakPatterns #VirusPersistence

RichardJR

@electricbluesfan.bsky.social

1 year ago

3/9 Using machine learning to track outbreaks from 1997-2023, researchers found Europe and the Americas are now the biggest hotspots—not Southeast Asia as in the 1990s. The study combined wild bird and poultry data to assess where these populations mix.
#DiseaseMapping #OutbreakPatterns