New study in Pathogens:
Tick-borne infections in the Balkans show a north–south gradient 🕷️
Higher Borrelia exposure in Serbia 🇷🇸
Higher Rickettsia exposure in North Macedonia 🇲🇰
👉 Under-recognized risk calls for stronger surveillance & diagnostics.
https://t.co/ae34qSY739
Alergija na crveno meso izazvana krpeljima?
📍 Prvi potvrđeni slučaj alfa-gal sindroma u Srbiji.
U intervjuu za @alergijaiJa govorim o ovom jedinstvenom sindromu, njegovoj dijagnostici i značaju za medicinu.
https://t.co/7kcjKr6S0U
On the 16th of March 2025, Earshot was contacted by activists in Serbia to investigate the potential use of sonic weapons by the government on a crowd of protestors as they were holding a silent vigil for the victims of the Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse.
Earshot received 12 videos that document the moments where a weapon was allegedly used against the protestors. 4 of these videos contain a sound consistent with the noise produced by a Vortex Ring Gun or Vortex Cannon.
As this weapon pushes gas out of its cylinder at speeds of 185mph, its expulsion produces a howling noise which has been compared to a jet engine, along with vortex rings that may be ionized. This would create electromagnetic interference with devices such as hearing aids, corroborating reports made by witnesses at the protest.
Should this be the vortex cannon, these recordings would be more than 700m away. At this distance the combustion of the weapon is no longer audible; only the distinct whistling sound of the pressure wave as it travels away from the shooter location and towards the crowd can be heard, causing mass panic.
As Earshot is looking to further investigate this incident, we ask anyone with video footage from that night that captures the specific sound that can be heard in this post to get in touch with us.
We plan to sequence more than 30 types, spanning 100 years timeframe and multiple continents. Great colleaction of Pasteur Institute, Novi Sad, reflexting the diverse history and important role of this institution. 🇷🇸🇭🇺
🧵What’s going on with CCHFV in North Macedonia? These two new articled will give you some ideas 👇
We investigated the background of first cases in animals, vectors and HCWs in 2023. Great example of an effective, multi-expert/country investigation. Sero+ animals and HCWs found
Two Human Infections with Diverse Europe-1 Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever #virus Strains, North Macedonia, 2024 https://t.co/HUX8ookyM9 @CDC_EIDjournal
Balkan Association for Vector-Borne Diseases (BAVBD) highlights a pressing issue: the need for proactive measures against tick-borne encephalitis.
https://t.co/uhOcuDXzil via @Pathogens_MDPI@ACabezasCruz@GaborKemenesi
Special thanks to my dear colleagues at the Balkans @BanovicPavle and others not on X for our great collaborative research and capacity building with CCHFV - presented now at #EvOX24
Who said red mites are ugly :-)
@BanovicPavle@LourdesMateos@alewuch@KuliszJoanna
One Health approach to study human health risks associated with Dermanyssus gallinae mites
https://t.co/uFS4PwQzJI
Are blood type A individuals more prone to develop COVID-19? How we can use this phenomenon to develop specific prevention strategies? Great teamwork! @ACabezasCruz https://t.co/6K9TaUGGjb
Our study found 84.5% seroconversion with 4 doses and 97.46% with a 5th dose in rabies PEP. Age and HRIG affected seroconversion. Vaccine potency didn't. Real-world data supports tailored PEP. Future research should explore alternative protocols. https://t.co/bkhlvg6KkN