Bernard Onoja

Virologist | DVM | PhD | Academic | Poet | Funny | Easy going | Love to cook

[Bernard Onoja @bernardonoja]

@renoomokri @NuhuRibadu Reno is a very good liar, one day he will tell the truth.

[Bernard Onoja @bernardonoja]

@Teejay_legacy Justice must be served, she could not even say sorry instead she is hiring a SAN. Worrisome.

[Bernard Onoja @bernardonoja]

https://t.co/H4Lw5MCWcU Mpox continues to pose a challenge. Get more insight from this global genomic surveillance

[Bernard Onoja @bernardonoja]

Temporary adaptations to sexual behaviour during the mpox outbreak in 23 countries in Europe and the Americas: findings from a retrospective cross-sectional online survey - The Lancet Infectious Diseases https://t.co/6fP72GyORC

[Bernard Onoja @bernardonoja]

AVC 2024 promises to be great, be there!

[Bernard Onoja @bernardonoja]

It can get ugly, if this mpox clade 1 strain gets out of Africa, it has to be stopped.
https://t.co/79vJiFKebW

[Bernard Onoja @bernardonoja]

@CEPIvaccines @WHO CEPI has proven to be a strong ally in the fight against mpox, I believe this declaration will further strengthen existing partnerships. Well done!

[Bernard Onoja @bernardonoja]

@kakape @alexandraphelan Certainly, I knew it was just a matter of time given the sustained circulation in Africa where the virus is maintained. Deeper questions should now be asked eg reservoirs, transmission dynamics in urban and rural circles and the risk factors for long term circulation in endemic

[Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape]

The repeat of the global declaration also shows that the termination of the first PHEIC in 2023 was “premature,” @alexandraphelan contends, particularly given the fact that countries in the Global North had “failed to appropriately respond to the ongoing efforts needed.”

My story on mpox here:
https://t.co/BnX6MJGU0B

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

Read details on the latest epidemiological trends, including an update on the geographic expansion of #mpox in the WHO African Region (July–August 2024).⏬
🔗https://t.co/SsfSdu7p4R

[Dr. Ayoade Alakija @yodifiji.bsky.social @yodifiji]

With #mpox now declared as a public health emergency of international concern, by @DrTedros tomorrow I'll be chairing an @ACTAccelerator meeting with heads of health agencies. The top priority is quickly getting diagnostics, treatments and vaccines to the 🇨🇩 and countries.

[Bernard Onoja @bernardonoja]

It was just a matter of time, getting mpox in the tropical niche, no hiding place this time https://t.co/L2QSxZBSTe

[Bernard Onoja @bernardonoja]

https://t.co/SZEovAwM0f

[Bernard Onoja @bernardonoja]

Extensive surveillance is key, active collaborations needed. We have commenced sentinel surveillance, sampling underway.

[Bernard Onoja @bernardonoja]

Nigeria is an epicentre for avian influenza with three major migratory routes for wild birds transversing the country. H5N1 Clade 2.2 was reported in 2006, with 2.3.2, 2.3.2.1f afterwards and 2.3.4.4b in 2021.

https://t.co/bJhnFIqbNs

[Bernard Onoja @bernardonoja]

@pvanheus Indeed, small but mighty, and expanding

[Bernard Onoja @bernardonoja]

Dengue virus is vectored by Aedes species, and they are breeding heavily in many countries in the tropics. Let's take action to stop it now

[Bernard Onoja @bernardonoja]

Mpox is a big deal in parts of Africa, vaccines, extensive surveillance needed.
https://t.co/UxEyJ1O9os

[Bernard Onoja @bernardonoja]

Two Day Biosecurity Training for workers in the Life Sciences. Happy to facilitate this training at Obafemi Awolowo University Ife, Nigeria. Sere place, very beautiful Campus. Thanks to #BEP #HSP #Biosecurity

[Bernard Onoja @bernardonoja]

@GriffLearnsEPI @JohnsHopkinsEPI @shrutihmehta That's such a great opportunity in such a wonderful school