Emma Thomson
@emcat1.bsky.social
I am clinical professor of infectious diseases at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research and professor of emerging viruses at LSHTM. I study emerging viruses in Uganda and the UK.
Huge effort from @UVRIug @The_MRC @lshtm.bsky.social @cvrinfo.bsky.social . A cross-continental, cross-disciplinary collaboration.
📄 Read the full paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📄 Read the full paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Uncovering the viral aetiology of undiagnosed acute febrile illness in Uganda using metagenomic sequencing - Nature Communications
Acute febrile illness is common in sub-Saharan Africa and causative agents are often unknown. Here, the authors perform metagenomic sequencing on samples from patients with acute febrile illness in Ug...
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March 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Huge effort from @UVRIug @The_MRC @lshtm.bsky.social @cvrinfo.bsky.social . A cross-continental, cross-disciplinary collaboration.
📄 Read the full paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📄 Read the full paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
NGS isn’t cheap—but for public health intelligence + surveillance in LMICs, it’s incredibly powerful. This approach reveals what’s circulating, not just what we’re looking for.
March 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
NGS isn’t cheap—but for public health intelligence + surveillance in LMICs, it’s incredibly powerful. This approach reveals what’s circulating, not just what we’re looking for.
Common respiratory + GI viruses were also picked up in serum—rhinovirus, enterovirus, rotavirus. Suggests that viraemia may play a role in systemic illness, especially in children.
March 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Common respiratory + GI viruses were also picked up in serum—rhinovirus, enterovirus, rotavirus. Suggests that viraemia may play a role in systemic illness, especially in children.
We also found Le Dantec virus, a rhabdovirus and went on to develop an ELISA and pseudovirus neutralisation assay, then in a parallel paper we mapped exposure—high in some Ugandan regions, absent in others. journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...
Widespread human exposure to ledanteviruses in Uganda: A population study
Author summary Understanding the viruses capable of human infection is important for outbreak prevention and early intervention in viral epidemics. Le Dantec virus (LDV) is a member of the viral genus...
journals.plos.org
March 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
We also found Le Dantec virus, a rhabdovirus and went on to develop an ELISA and pseudovirus neutralisation assay, then in a parallel paper we mapped exposure—high in some Ugandan regions, absent in others. journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...
We detected VHF viruses including CCHFV in patients who’d never have been tested. Silent transmission, undetected by routine surveillance. The CCHFV work has now seeded an international partnership to investigate prevalence in ticks, livestock & humans across Uganda.
March 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
We detected VHF viruses including CCHFV in patients who’d never have been tested. Silent transmission, undetected by routine surveillance. The CCHFV work has now seeded an international partnership to investigate prevalence in ticks, livestock & humans across Uganda.
We used agnostic + targeted sequencing to uncover viral causes of acute febrile illness (AFI) where standard diagnostics fail. This isn’t likely to be cost-effective for individual diagnosis—but it’s vital for understanding transmission + emergence at a population level.
March 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
We used agnostic + targeted sequencing to uncover viral causes of acute febrile illness (AFI) where standard diagnostics fail. This isn’t likely to be cost-effective for individual diagnosis—but it’s vital for understanding transmission + emergence at a population level.
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January 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM
L’Institut Pasteur décide de quitter X (ex-Twitter) pour rejoindre BlueSky ! 🦋
L’Institut Pasteur a pris cette décision en raison de plusieurs dérives graves constatées sur la plateforme X depuis son rachat. Rejoignez-nous pour continuer à défendre la science ! www.pasteur.fr/fr/espace-pr...
L’Institut Pasteur a pris cette décision en raison de plusieurs dérives graves constatées sur la plateforme X depuis son rachat. Rejoignez-nous pour continuer à défendre la science ! www.pasteur.fr/fr/espace-pr...