Katriina Willgert

Veterinarian | ECVPH resident | infectious disease epidemiology | zoonoses

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

The BCG vaccine can reduce the transmission of bovine tuberculosis, and routine vaccination of cattle could be used to substantially eliminate the disease within the Ethiopian dairy sector, a new Science study finds.

Learn more: https://t.co/O2qK8BIPXb; https://t.co/2GFypymODr

[Andrew Conlan @monkeymyshkin]

Thanks to our fabulous colleagues at the Animal Health Institute and Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia, have the rare opportunity to share good news for the prospects of using cattle vaccination to control bovine Tuberculosis.

https://t.co/2bwOmmAjfE

[IDDjobs: infectious disease dynamics jobs @IDDjobs]

PhD position (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Differential mortality in the 1918 Influenza pandemic
with @amrcampop @monkeymyshkin
at @CamUniCampop @Cambridge_Uni
More details: https://t.co/SsFIaOFJHM

[Katriina Willgert @KatWillgert]

@Doktor_Basti @CamVetSchool @jw132 Come along to the CID ECR symposium on ""Work in progress and challenges in infectious diseases research" on the 6th of December. I can't promise pizza but there will be food and drinks ;-)

[SVA @SVA_vetmed]

Det första fallet av fågelinfluensa hos tumlare har bekräftats. Analysen visar att tumlaren dog till följd av samma virus som legat bakom sommarens omfattande fågelinfluensautbrott bland vilda fåglar. @havochvatten @naturhistoriska https://t.co/Mc1nTvPi6D Foto: SVA

[James Wood @jw132]

Exciting job opportunity, countering avian influenza, to work on biosecurity practices on British poultry farms, collaborating between @CambridgeDDU @PoultryHub and @APHAgovuk - available immediately!
https://t.co/eJPJ1UDX1X

[Katriina Willgert @KatWillgert]

In our study on SARS-CoV-2 in humans and deer, we find no evidence of deer-to-human transmission. However, because of a very low case-finding rate, spillback cannot be ruled out, highlighting the need for active surveillance at the human-animal interface https://t.co/oYJkoTIqP6

[Andrew Conlan @monkeymyshkin]

Extremely pleased to resurrect our intensive short course on disease dynamic modelling. Slightly shorter, leaner and with a new focus on vaccination - this is an opportunity for biologists of all flavours to learn about the nuts and bolts of disease dynamic models.

[Katriina Willgert @KatWillgert]

@AnaAmaya @PaceUniversity Congratulations Ana, wonderful news!

[Katriina Willgert @KatWillgert]

@OneHealthEllen @CleavelandSarah @Animal_Viruses @KJAllan2 Congratulations, what an amazing achievement!

[Muge Cevik @mugecevik]

Late breaker session at #ECCMID2022 on acute hepatitis cases of unknown origin in children.
So far, 169 cases have been reported from 11 countries since first case was identified in 31 March. 17 have required liver transplant & at least one death has been reported. #IDTwitter

[Katriina Willgert @KatWillgert]

Multiple spillovers from humans and onward transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in white-tailed deer https://t.co/XUlB6G6Jt6

[Katriina Willgert @KatWillgert]

@Doktor_Basti @CamVetSchool @MRC_LMB Congratulations, fantastic news!

[Katriina Willgert @KatWillgert]

R for applied epidemiology and public health | The Epidemiologist R Handbook - a great resource for anyone starting off their epi journey in R https://t.co/JCPIEAE1fm

[Inactive @StfnFlsch]

📢 Workshop on inferring the direction of transmission from genomic data.

What works, what doesn't and what's next? A series of talks and discussions spanning viral and bacterial phylogenetics.

please contact Stephane Hue, @jody_phelan or myself for details if interested.

[Cambridge-Africa @CambridgeAfrica]

Great opportunity for East Africans to attend an online short course in Infectious Disease Modelling. Collaboration between @CEMA_Africa at University of Nairobi and Cambridge, starring @ThumbiMwangi @monkeymyshkin . Supported by EPSRC.

[Katriina Willgert @KatWillgert]

@chaiclate Oh no, poor thing, I hope she has a speedy recovery!

[Katriina Willgert @KatWillgert]

@chaiclate We finally had success with a play doctor set, patient teddy and smoothie (better than chocolate according to our two-year old)...but we have had too many opportunities to practice the testing routine!

[Andrew Conlan @monkeymyshkin]

Final year of our course introducing modelling and disease dynamics for non-specialists goes virtual! Learn to think like a modeller, code your own models and link them to data @IDDjobs https://t.co/nofIjCcAOY

[BritishVets @BritishVets]

*NEWS* Vets lament 'severe blow for animal welfare' after a crucial clause that imposes a requirement for agricultural and food imports to the UK to meet domestic standards, was voted down in the House of Commons, this evening. #Agribill https://t.co/nZe4CvWRvs