COVID-19 testing and reporting behaviours in England across different sociodemographic groups: a population-based study using testing data and data from community prevalence surveillance surveys - The Lancet Digital Health thelancet.com/journals/landi…

1/3 Thrilled to be able to share the findings of the PREPARE Europe MERMAIDS Arbovirus study (21 hospitals in 7 countries over 4 years) coordinated by Louise Sigfrid now in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Please think arbovirus this & summers to come wherever you are in Europe (or the world)

3/3 With our warmest thanks to Prof Felicity Burt UFS NHLS & Roger Hewson London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory (RIPL) for the illuminating linked editorial... thelancet.com/journals/lanin… ...and our amazing The Lancet Infectious Diseases editors Ursula Hofer & Jenna Bolingbroke for this fantastic final outcome 👏

Local partners from 21 hospitals included >900 patients into a protocol. 110 (13%) were diagnosed with arbovirus infections (four had coinfections or cross-reactivity): one (<1%) with CCHFV, 16 (2%) with TBEV, 44 (5%) with TOSV, and 53 (6%) with WNV.

in this papers we analysed the completeness of information provided by physicians on timing of sampling and symptoms, and how that translates to the reliability of diagnosis. He piece of work. thelancet.com/journals/lanin… Great collaboration @ECRAID Oxford Reina Sikkema

Reconstructing the first COVID-19 pandemic wave with minimal data in E... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

What happens when babies are born during crises? As “#pandemic babies” turn 5, a Canadian study shows they're on track developmentally, but social support made a critical difference. Read more: bit.ly/41LAUtw via The Conversation

Newly elected NAS international member Marion Koopmans of Erasmus University focuses on emerging infections with special emphasis on unravelling pathways of disease emergence and spread at the human animal interface. Read more: ow.ly/Faby50VAg0u #NASmember

Bias in medical research: disregard for women’s health belongs in the past theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

☀️ On the cover of The Lancet Infectious Diseases June issue in time for European arbovirus season, the PREPARE Europe MERMAIDS-Arbo doublebill of papers with commentary now in print - thank you! 🦟 Full issue: thelancet.com/journals/lanin… 🤒 Clinical outcomes: thelancet.com/journals/lanin… 🦠

The World Health Organization (WHO) as called for public consultations on target product profiles (TPPs) for treatments for non-severe and severe #dengue to support the ongoing clinical development of therapeutics approaching Phase 3 pivotal trials. Dr Xin Hui Chan 🕊 Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative Novartis who.int/news-room/arti…