Virologist. Likes history, hiking, tea, coffee & a good movie.Favourite viruses? Coronavirus, Emerging & Oncogenic Viruses. Favourite country? UK. Dad. Bibliophile.https://bsky.app/profile/thelonevirologist.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelonevirologist.bsky.social/post/3mlysyrkse22dRespiratory viral infections prime accelerated lung cancer growth https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674%2826%2900220-516 May 2026 21:44 +0000at://did:plc:xsdb6mtbsabl5l3zyyiacdvq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlysyrkse22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelonevirologist.bsky.social/post/3mlypjurpbk2dMajor outbreak of rare Ebola virus species in northern Congo alarms scientists | Science | AAAS https://www.science.org/content/article/major-outbreak-rare-ebola-virus-species-northern-congo-alarms-scientists16 May 2026 20:42 +0000at://did:plc:xsdb6mtbsabl5l3zyyiacdvq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlypjurpbk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelonevirologist.bsky.social/post/3mlykabj5s22rHow a Nature Cruise Turned Into a Nightmare The hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius set off alarms for a world still traumatized by Covid. For those on board, the danger was much closer. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/world/europe/hantavirus-hondius-cruise.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share via @nytimes.com16 May 2026 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:xsdb6mtbsabl5l3zyyiacdvq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlykabj5s22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelonevirologist.bsky.social/post/3mlwbupvomk2hVirus in the vents: Study traces COVID spread in high-rise apartment https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/virus-vents-study-traces-covid-spread-high-rise-apartment15 May 2026 21:33 +0000at://did:plc:xsdb6mtbsabl5l3zyyiacdvq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwbupvomk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelonevirologist.bsky.social/post/3mlwbpudb2c2hHantavirus outbreak reduced to 10 cases as ship passengers return to home countries https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/misc-emerging-topics/hantavirus-outbreak-reduced-10-cases-ship-passengers-return-home-countries15 May 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:xsdb6mtbsabl5l3zyyiacdvq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwbpudb2c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelonevirologist.bsky.social/post/3mlwbnthq2k2hUS measles total nears 1,900, with 51 new cases https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/us-measles-total-nears-1900-51-new-cases15 May 2026 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:xsdb6mtbsabl5l3zyyiacdvq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwbnthq2k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelonevirologist.bsky.social/post/3mlvijrrlxc2j8.5 yo last night:”During a quiz today nobody knew what element number 45 is ! It’s so easy to remember. It’s Rhodium ! And why didn’t anybody knew that White Holes might exist ? Einstein predicted them !”15 May 2026 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:xsdb6mtbsabl5l3zyyiacdvq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvijrrlxc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelonevirologist.bsky.social/post/3mlvhdhfw422bAfrica CDC Calls Urgent Regional Coordination Meeting Following Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Ituri Province, DRC – Africa CDC https://africacdc.org/news-item/africa-cdc-calls-for-urgent-regional-coordination-meeting-following-ebola-virus-disease-outbreak-in-ituri-province-drc/15 May 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:xsdb6mtbsabl5l3zyyiacdvq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvhdhfw422bhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelonevirologist.bsky.social/post/3mlvhc75kks2bNew outbreak of Ebola kills 65 in eastern DR Congo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cze2wpk7y76o15 May 2026 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:xsdb6mtbsabl5l3zyyiacdvq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvhc75kks2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelonevirologist.bsky.social/post/3mlvh7qzxb22bDigitization of Historical Data from Somalia’s Last Smallpox Outbreaks 1976-1977 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-026-07343-815 May 2026 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:xsdb6mtbsabl5l3zyyiacdvq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvh7qzxb22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelonevirologist.bsky.social/post/3mlvgm6n6nc2bDiversity and taxonomy of giant algal viruses: chloroviruses lead the way https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jvi.01688-2515 May 2026 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:xsdb6mtbsabl5l3zyyiacdvq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvgm6n6nc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelonevirologist.bsky.social/post/3mlvgkw5dts2bLongitudinal analysis of viral and host RNA in blood and saliva during controlled human dengue virus 3 infections https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jvi.00373-2615 May 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:xsdb6mtbsabl5l3zyyiacdvq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvgkw5dts2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelonevirologist.bsky.social/post/3mlvgiuncm22bOpen questions in enterovirus uncoating https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jvi.01966-2515 May 2026 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:xsdb6mtbsabl5l3zyyiacdvq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvgiuncm22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelonevirologist.bsky.social/post/3mlvgho24ac2bThe m6A reader protein YTHDF2 facilitates HTLV-1 infectious and mitotic propagation by stabilizing Tax RNA https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jvi.00529-2615 May 2026 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:xsdb6mtbsabl5l3zyyiacdvq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvgho24ac2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelonevirologist.bsky.social/post/3mlvggbwo7s2bEstablishment of a human coronavirus HKU1 infection evaluation system using apical-out airway organoids go.shr.lc/3RcOogr https://go.shr.lc/3RcOogr15 May 2026 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:xsdb6mtbsabl5l3zyyiacdvq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvggbwo7s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelonevirologist.bsky.social/post/3mlvgfhc7vk2bInteractions between the 2C protein of foot-and-mouth disease virus and components of the viral replication machinery are mediated by endoplasmic reticulum-derived membranes go.shr.lc/4nvicAZ https://go.shr.lc/4nvicAZ15 May 2026 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:xsdb6mtbsabl5l3zyyiacdvq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvgfhc7vk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelonevirologist.bsky.social/post/3mlu32gwpw22jThe State of US Vaccine Policy — May 14, 2026 https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-health/state-us-vaccine-policy-may-14-202615 May 2026 00:25 +0000at://did:plc:xsdb6mtbsabl5l3zyyiacdvq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlu32gwpw22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelonevirologist.bsky.social/post/3mltlg7m6zs2iAt last, a pill that can prevent COVID after exposure to infected people https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01546-014 May 2026 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:xsdb6mtbsabl5l3zyyiacdvq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltlg7m6zs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/thelonevirologist.bsky.social/post/3mltcvg3ir22sHuman Infection with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N5) Virus https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2518178?query=TOC14 May 2026 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:xsdb6mtbsabl5l3zyyiacdvq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltcvg3ir22shttps://bsky.app/profile/thelonevirologist.bsky.social/post/3mlsupq2umc2wOpen and closed forms of assembled henipavirus nucleoprotein suggest structural basis of genome access https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aed830014 May 2026 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:xsdb6mtbsabl5l3zyyiacdvq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsupq2umc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/thelonevirologist.bsky.social/post/3mlsu6bjw222wCellular hnRNP D promotes influenza A virus replication by inhibiting TBK1-IRF3-mediated innate immune response https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jvi.00257-2614 May 2026 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:xsdb6mtbsabl5l3zyyiacdvq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsu6bjw222whttps://bsky.app/profile/thelonevirologist.bsky.social/post/3mlstwp2xvs2wVirus taxonomy and the ICTV – 21 FAQs for the perplexed virologist https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/jgv.0.00224314 May 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:xsdb6mtbsabl5l3zyyiacdvq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlstwp2xvs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/thelonevirologist.bsky.social/post/3mlrb6bz2gs2vTemperature-Dependent Replication and Sensitivity to Innate Immunity of Human Coronavirus HKU1 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.07.723210v113 May 2026 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:xsdb6mtbsabl5l3zyyiacdvq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrb6bz2gs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelonevirologist.bsky.social/post/3mlraurnigc2vReview by Vaccine Integrity Project supports Tdap vaccination during pregnancy https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/diphtheria/review-vaccine-integrity-project-supports-tdap-vaccination-during-pregnancy13 May 2026 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:xsdb6mtbsabl5l3zyyiacdvq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlraurnigc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelonevirologist.bsky.social/post/3mlratdp3os2v Quick takes: Pandemic flu preparedness, multiple-pathogen dashboard, more measles in Utah https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/pandemic-influenza/quick-takes-pandemic-flu-preparedness-multiple-pathogen-dashboard-more-measles13 May 2026 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:xsdb6mtbsabl5l3zyyiacdvq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlratdp3os2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelonevirologist.bsky.social/post/3mlrarbf5ds2vPublic Health Alerts: Intramuscular immunoglobulin for measles postexposure prophylaxis https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/public-health-alerts-intramuscular-immunoglobulin-measles-postexposure-prophylaxis13 May 2026 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:xsdb6mtbsabl5l3zyyiacdvq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrarbf5ds2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelonevirologist.bsky.social/post/3mlqrg76qjk2qTurning defense into damage: HIV-driven amyloidogenesis and neurotoxicity https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.03083-25?utm_source=TOC&utm_medium=ealert&utm_campaign=TOC_v17_i5&ref=aa30dbeb-9a31-467a-8e2d-30143492bdc313 May 2026 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:xsdb6mtbsabl5l3zyyiacdvq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqrg76qjk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/thelonevirologist.bsky.social/post/3mlqehyjpxs2sIdentifying host-specific patterns in viral protein sequences to predict host spillover risk in animal and plant kingdoms https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-52373-213 May 2026 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:xsdb6mtbsabl5l3zyyiacdvq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqehyjpxs2s