When determining EVD68 cases in late 2018, we noticed CVA6 was the second most prevalent enteroviral type and thus worthy of its own study! Finally published last week, comparing cases spanning the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 @OneVirology

Highlights 2/2: 'A novel 1200bp amplicon whole-genome sequencing scheme is presented' 'Lineage 2d genome is closely related to a contemporary local vector-derived sequence' 'Rural adult case with fever, headache, rash, vomiting, nausea, fatigue, and joint pain'

Poliovirus that infected a Chinese child in 2014 may have leaked from a lab

A salute to the fellow clinical wombles making good use of the things they find here: 'Community-based mpox and sexually transmitted disease surveillance using discarded condoms in the global south'

RT @NjOldfield: Students urged to top up vaccines before term time

RT @firefoxx66: One of the reasons I've been quiet on Twitter for a few months is because I've been working on something big - something I'…

Viral Olympics! 'Experts choose target pathogens for Olympic wastewater monitoring'

@DrCJ_Houldcroft @Simmonds_Lab Even some DNA viruses in it for you @DrCJ_Houldcroft !

some summary and extra photographs here:

And huge thanks to @CovidGenomicsUK for funding this work!