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Daniel Rawle

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Team Head, Emerging Viral Diseases Lab @ QIMR Berghofer, Australia. Views are mine alone. https://nitter.gq/t.co/IKGRoS0Wvg

 Brisbane, Queensland
Joined February 2018
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@NatureMar 24
For cash-strapped and early-career researchers, archived data sets can fuel new science go.nature.com/4bKUHyi
How I squeeze fresh science from public data

How I squeeze fresh science from public data

Nature - For cash-strapped and early-career researchers, archived data sets can fuel new science.

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The politically weaponized "lab leak" theory is destroying both pandemic preparedness & all of American science. Grateful to Kristian, Andrew, Eddie, & Bob for their courage, integrity, & commitment to what the evidence shows and to our field. theconversation.com/how-cons…
How conspiracy theories about COVID’s origins are hampering our ability to prevent the next pandemic

How conspiracy theories about COVID’s origins are hampering our ability to prevent the next pandemic

The COVID pandemic likely began when the virus jumped from animals to humans, and didn’t start in a lab. But false narratives continue to circulate.

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BREAKING🔔 The 53th paper from G2P-Japan🇯🇵 is out at Lancet Infectious Diseases @TheLancetInfDis. We elucidated the virological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 NB.1.8.1. Please repost🔥 1/ thelancet.com/journals/lanin…
Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 NB.1.8.1 variant

Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 NB.1.8.1 variant

After the spread of SARS-CoV-2 JN.1, its subvariants, such as KP.3 (JN.1.11.1.3)1 and KP.3.1.1 (JN.1.11.1.3.1.1),2 and XEC (a recombinant lineage of two JN.1 subvariants),3 emerged and rapidly spread...

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The outbreak of the mosquito-borne viral disease chikungunya on Réunion may be showing signs of ebbing. But the need for the vaccine may not be, as the virus is expected to spread beyond the Indian Ocean. scim.ag/4jQMbRb
Mosquito-borne viral disease sweeping Indian Ocean islands

Mosquito-borne viral disease sweeping Indian Ocean islands

Safety issues with the only available vaccine complicates response to chikungunya

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@abcnews11 May 2025
A Queensland city that had been declared "essentially dengue-free" has recorded its first locally-transmitted case of the mosquito-borne illness in seven years. ab.co/3F7qvkH
Queensland city records first local dengue fever case in seven years

Queensland city records first local dengue fever case in seven years

Cairns was declared "essentially dengue-free" but has now recorded its first locally-transmitted case of the mosquito-borne illness since 2018.

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Join the Cumming Global Centre to shape the future of pandemic response! We're hiring full-time researchers across @UniMelb faculties incl. @TheDohertyInst, Science, MDHS & Engineering. Help advance life-saving therapeutics. Apply now: go.unimelb.edu.au/4trp
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Cell@CellCellPress11 Apr 2025
Now online! Structural basis for plasticity in receptor engagement by an encephalitic alphavirus dlvr.it/TK5fGg
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New outbreak of the Chikungunya virus on the island of La Réunion transmitted locally by Aedes albopictus. The virus probably originates from an Aedes aegypti African lineage; it has acquired mutations to adapt to Albopictus. rfi.fr/en/france/20250405-re…
Reunion Island launches emergency health plan amid chikungunya epidemic

Reunion Island launches emergency health plan amid chikungunya epidemic

Health authorities in France's Reunion Island on Friday launched an emergency plan to boost staff in hospitals to deal with the spread of the chikungunya virus. This comes as the Indian Ocean...

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Opinion article in the Guardian
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another cool piece of work from our consortium onehealthpact.org/news/overw…
Overwintering of Usutu virus in mosquitoes, The Netherlands - One Health PACT

Overwintering of Usutu virus in mosquitoes, The Netherlands - One Health PACT

This publication is part of the project ‘Preparing for vector-borne virus outbreaks in a changing world: a One Health Approach’ (NWA.1160.1S.210) which is (partly) financed by the Dutch Research...

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Bowen man likely died from Japanese encephalitis but local exposure uncertain - ABC News abc.net.au/news/2025-04-01/q…
Queenslander likely died from Japanese encephalitis but local exposure uncertain

Queenslander likely died from Japanese encephalitis but local exposure uncertain

A Bowen man is believed to be the first Queenslander to die from the mosquito-borne infection since 2022.

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A sad reminder that mosquitoes are more than just annoying, they can spread pathogens that cause potentially fatal illness. Warnings from @NSWHealth as the first death of a person in the state with Japanese encephalitis since 2022 reported health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages…
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Japanese encephalitis virus – JEV – detected at two Queensland piggeries abc.net.au/news/2025-02-18/j…
Japanese encephalitis virus detected at two Queensland piggeries

Japanese encephalitis virus detected at two Queensland piggeries

A rare but serious mosquito-borne virus that can spread to humans has been found at two Queensland piggeries.

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Dr Rhys Parry and team have identified the first henipavirus in North America. The Camp Hill virus was confirmed in shrews in the US state of Alabama. Read more here - tinyurl.com/3942u48j
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QLD health authorities are echoing the warnings of those in NSW and Victoria to prevent mosquito bites after two cases of rare diseases, Japanese encephalitis and Dengue reported abc.net.au/news/2025-01-17/m… 🦟
Two Qld men hospitalised with rare and deadly mosquito-borne viruses

Two Qld men hospitalised with rare and deadly mosquito-borne viruses

An elderly man is recovering from dengue fever in Townsville University Hospital, where another man who has Japanese encephalitis is also being treated.

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Eng Eong Ooi@EngEongOoi10 Jan 2025
Vaccine-induced T cell responses control Orthoflavivirus challenge infection without neutralizing antibodies in humans | Nature Microbiology ⁦@shirinklmddn⁩ ⁦@Anto_Berto⁩ @bertoletti_lab⁩ ⁦@kuanrongchan⁩ nature.com/articles/s41564-0…
Vaccine-induced T cell responses control Orthoflavivirus challenge infection without neutralizing...

Vaccine-induced T cell responses control Orthoflavivirus challenge infection without neutralizing...

Nature Microbiology - The authors demonstrate the effectiveness of T cells in controlling acute viral infections, without neutralizing antibodies, by conducting an Orthoflavivirus vaccination and...

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Recent findings indicate that Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus is likely circulating in northern Victoria JE virus can cause a rare but potentially serious infection of the brain and is spread to humans through bites from infected mosquitoes More: go.vic.gov.au/4gxnqb9 1/4🧵
Text reads: “Chief Health Officer Alert. Japanese encephalitis in Victoria this summer. People in northern Victroia should take measures to prevent mosquito bites”

ALT Text reads: “Chief Health Officer Alert. Japanese encephalitis in Victoria this summer. People in northern Victroia should take measures to prevent mosquito bites”

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⚠️Queenslanders are encouraged to take precautions to avoid mosquito bites this summer as we head into a period of increased risk of mosquito borne diseases. Read more: health.qld.gov.au/newsroom/d…

Increased disease risk as mosquito numbers rise

Increased disease risk as mosquito numbers rise

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@CEPIvaccines19 Dec 2024
📣CEPI partners, @valnevaSE and @SerumInstIndia, have announced an exclusive license agreement for Valneva’s chikungunya vaccine that enables supply of the vaccine in Asia. The collaboration falls within the framework of the Valneva-CEPI agreement to broaden vaccine access🧵(1/6)
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Valneva Successfully Expands Access to Asia for its Chikungunya Vaccine with Serum Institute of India valneva.com/press-release/va…
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Mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis virus detected in feral pigs in NSW theland.com.au/story/8849673… 🦟
First case of JEV in feral pigs detected this year

First case of JEV in feral pigs detected this year

Japanese Encephalitis Virus detected in feral pigs.

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