Dr. Jon Epstein

Vet & disease ecologist @ecohealthnyc. I study zoonotic viruses that jump from wildlife into people & livestock. #Bats #Nipah #Ebola #SARS #SARS_CoV_2. #Scicomm

[Ariful Islam @ArifulislamDVM]

https://t.co/a6foGtscta via @Hindawi
Our research, “Spatiotemporal Epidemiology And Evolutionary Dynamics of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in Bangladesh”, has been published! Read it. @MarsKlaassen @EpsteinJon @Miladtwetter @Sharif_cvasu

[Ariful Islam @ArifulislamDVM]

Our research, "Potential risk areas and role meteorological variables on occurrence and persistence of H5N1 in the environment of LBM in Bangladesh," has been published; read it here @EpsteinJon @Sharif_cvasu @Miladtwetter
https://t.co/ok3INaEBHx

[Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @PeterHotez]

Today Friday November 10 is #WorldScienceDay #WorldScienceDay2023
#WorldScienceDayforPeaceandDevelopment
This year’s theme is the importance of building trust in science

[Peter Daszak @PeterDaszak]

Thanks to the Asia-Pacific Biosafety Association for inviting me to present our work on proof-of-concept that One Health surveillance in EID hotspots can provide actionable public health data to reduce risk of disease spillover. @Biosaf_Hlth

[ICMR @ICMRDELHI]

Join ICMR in observing 'One Health Day', with a special webinar titled 'Nipah Virus Disease – A One Health Perspective.' This marks the kickoff of our monthly webinar series this November. Tune in at 5:00 PM via this link: https://t.co/qZeAq48GQe. #OneHealth #NipahVirusDisease

[Dr. Jon Epstein @EpsteinJon]

@MarionKoopmans It's most likely a sample size issue. Nipah infection typically occurs at a very low (<3%) incidence in Pteropus medius, the bat species that carries Nipah throughout India & Bangladesh, including Kerala. #PragyaYadav @icmr_niv previously found Nipah in these bats in Kerala.

[Dr. Jon Epstein @EpsteinJon]

It's most likely a sample size issue. Nipah infection typically occurs at a very low (<3%) incidence in Pteropus medius, the bat species that carries Nipah throughout India & Bangladesh, including Kerala. #PragyaYadav @icmr_niv previously found Nipah in these bats in Kerala.

[Dr. Tara C. Smith @aetiology]

Almost like we don't always identify the animal responsible for each spillover. Hm.

[Maria Van Kerkhove @mvankerkhove]

🆕 ⁦@WHO⁩ Disease Outbreak News on #Nipah Virus Infection in India https://t.co/NNKRhi6rRD

[World Organisation for Animal Health @WOAH]

Climatic events like the ones induced by #ElNiño impact unmanaged wildlife populations too. Understanding the potential impact can help develop locally relevant plans and engage key agencies and community stakeholders in preparedness, and in designing communication strategiesClimatic events like the ones induced by #ElNiño impact unmanaged wildlife populations too. Understanding the potential impact can help develop locally relevant plans and engage key agencies and community stakeholders in preparedness, and in designing communication strategiesClimatic events like the ones induced by #ElNiño impact unmanaged wildlife populations too. Understanding the potential impact can help develop locally relevant plans and engage key agencies and community stakeholders in preparedness, and in designing communication strategies.

[Jeremy Farrar @JeremyFarrar]

All thoughts with people of Bangladesh. With climate change, a mosquito adapted to urbanisation, dense populations, multiple serotypes circulating, late diagnosis, very demanding & difficult clinical care this will become increasingly frequent globally https://t.co/Jfo5jEyqdz

[Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @PeterHotez]

Many thanks again to the ⁦@latimes⁩ for rolling the dice with me on this opinion piece and standing up for science. Not long ago we took this for granted, but tragically for the nation this is no longer the case.

[Paula Prist @PaulaPrist]

Our newest paper shows that forest restoration may not always have positive outcomes for human health (1/2). @Raquelucarvalho @cmzambranat @PeterDaszak @EcoHealthNYC @JAppliedEcology
https://t.co/E05vmbGKIx

[Preventing Pandemics at the Source @PreventingPand]

Coalition member @EpsteinJon from @EcoHealthNYC spoke about the need to invest in research to establish the frequency of spillovers in already mapped-out geographical hotspots globally.

[Kevin J Olival @nycbat]

World Resilience Summit: Public-Private Solutions to Feed into Pandemic Accord Negotiations. Glad that @EpsteinJon from @EcoHealthNYC could contribute to this! https://t.co/gwZIBHRC5N

[World Organisation for Animal Health @WOAH]

We must learn from the past and work together across the human, animal and environmental sectors to shift the paradigm from rapid detection and response to prevention at the source.

Watch the conference live from April 3-5👇
https://t.co/aEe68EHOwO

[World Organisation for Animal Health @WOAH]

Infectious disease epidemiologist and public health expert David Heymann spoke at the #WOAHGlobalConference on #Emergency management about how pandemics over the past thirty years could have been prevented if the global community committed itself to the #OneHealth approach.

[Daniel Streicker @DanielStreicker]

Big @batsgoviral week! In @PNASNews and @ScienceAdvances we test how to prevent zoonotic #spillover by interrupting virus transmission in bat reservoirs. Short story: culls didn’t reduce spillover but altered rabies spatial spread; transmissible vaccines may be a solution. A 🧵.

[Neil Vora, MD @conservationdoc.bsky.social @conservationdoc]

@ConservationOrg @ChrisWalzer10 @sslieberman @TheWCS @WCSNewsroom @WcsHealth @HIHngo @DalbergTweet @EpsteinJon @EcoHealthNYC

[Ara Monadjem @MonadjemAra]

Bats, rodents and shrews have different beta diversity patterns in Africa. Find out more in our recent paper dealing with this exciting field:
https://t.co/88RC2HgNtQ

[World Organisation for Animal Health @WOAH]

Many emerging disease events🦠 have been linked to wildlife, but human activities like ⭕️wildlife trade, ⭕️deforestation & ⭕️certain farm practices also drive interactions between humans & previously isolated species. Protecting wildlife, protects global health.

#EveryonesHealth