Antonia Ho

@cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epidemiology Group & Usher Institute PhD students, @hbsci.bsky.social & Milly Young presenting their work at #rti2026! 🫁🦠

Scotland on a sunny day - you cannae beat it! ☀️🗻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Ho Ho Ho! 🎅🎄✨

Wishing you a restful festive period from the @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epidemiology Group.

See you in 2026!

Wondering why flu is everywhere this winter & what you should do? 🦠🤒😷

Read this @bmj.com article that I contributed to 👇

Congratulations to @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epidemiology Group @emcat1.bsky.social student @elenvink.bsky.social who graduated from her PhD in Virology yesterday!! 🎓🎉🍾🙌

Proud supervisor post! 😬🙌

Massive congratulations to @mhairijan.bsky.social for passing her viva. Her PhD was on characterising #SARSCoV2 neutralising ab responses in a rural & urban Malawian cohort. 🥳👏

Thanks also to Mafalda Viana & Giada Mattiuzzo for being fantastic examiners.

🚨New paper in @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social!

Analysis of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 data led by @publichealthscot.bsky.social show that pregnant women who received #RSV vaccine had a ~80% ⬇️ risk of RSV-associated hospitalisation in infants <=3 months, compared to unvaccinated mothers. 🤰🦠🏥💉

👉 t.co/FcfAstpT4L

Locum Consultant - Infectious Diseases and General Medicine:Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

Fancy joining our clinical team in Glasgow? 🏥 🩺 🦠

Enquiries to: Dr Erica Peters: Erica.Peters@nhs.scot

Closing date: 30 November 2025

👉 apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Thanks Ed! 🙏

Am honoured and proud to be awarded the Fleming Prize! 🥺

Many thanks to @microbiologysociety.org for the recognition. 🙏

Congratulations to the other prize winners & looking forward to attending the Annual Conference in Belfast next year!

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Yesssss SCOTLAND!!! ⚽️⚽️⚽️💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

For non-Scots, the last time we qualified for the World Cup was 1998 (I was 20 😳)

UK hospitals bracing for once-in-a-decade flu surge this winter Officials urge vaccination against mutated strain of virus that may be more transmissible than usual

@socialinfluenza.bsky.social & I spoke to @theguardian.com about the early rise in flu cases in UK, the likely impact on the health service how you can protect yourself & others arounf you.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

UK warned that 15% cut to health fund will force ‘impossible choices’ on Africa Advocates fear that other donors will follow Britain’s reduction to the Global Fund for Aids, TB and malaria The UK is undermining its legacy in fighting infectious diseases including Aids and malaria by cutting money pledged to a leading global health fund, campaigners claim. The 15% reduction in the contribution to the Global Fund for Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced this week – in a year when the UK, alongside South Africa, is co-host of the fund’s replenishment drive – risks encouraging other countries to cut back commitments as well, advocates fear. The Gates Foundation is a major private contributor to the Global Fund. The foundation also contributes to theguardian.org, which funds independent journalism at the Guardian Continue reading...

UK warned that 15% cut to health fund will force ‘impossible choices’ on Africa

Delighted to have contributed to this article. 👇

COVID19 hasn’t gone away, and continued SARSCoV2 surveillance is critical.

Collaboration between Malawi Epidemiology & Intervention Research Unit, Public Health Institute of Malawi, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences & @cvrinfo.bsky.social.

Funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social & @ukri.org.

🚨New paper from @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epi Group PhD student @mhairijan.bsky.social on the evolving neutralising antibody responses to #SARSCoV2 in an urban & rural cohort in #Malawi, showing ⬆️ complexity of immune landscape across 3 waves. 🦠🩸🇲🇼📈

👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Flu has arrived early this year! We are seeing a lot of flu A(H3) circulating.

Very glad I got my flu vaccine this week. If you are eligible, go for it! 🦠😷💉

#vaccineworks

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WHO replaces H1N1 and H3N2 strains for Southern Hemisphere flu vaccines The two influenza A picks are different from the current Northern Hemisphere vaccines and from last season's Southern Hemisphere vaccines.

WHO replaces H1N1 and H3N2 strains for Southern Hemisphere flu vaccines www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-va...

@cvrinfo.bsky.social clinical #PhD students & fellows out in force the @nhsresearchscotland.org.uk Infection Research Day! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👩‍🔬🔬🩺

Dr Claire Cameron, Consultant in Public Health at PHS, writes in our latest blog about the importance of making sure students are up to date with their vaccinations before heading to college or university.

Read the full blog below ⬇️
publichealthscotland.scot/our-blog/202...

#Vaccines4Students

Please repost this exciting opportunity! 📣

📣Come work with us!

Looking for a Research Assistant/Associate in Data Analysis, for a Pfizer-funded research project focused on effectiveness of maternal #RSV vaccination in infants in Scotland.

More: bit.ly/3Va7yCd
Enq to: @louisapollock.bsky.social
Closing: 17 Sept 25

@cvrinfo.bsky.social

Excited to be starting this project with @louisapollock.bsky.social to evaluate the real-world effectiveness of #RSV vaccine in pregnant women in Scotland to protect young infants.🤰💉👶🦠🏥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Collaboration between @cvrinfo.bsky.social & MEIRU.

Study funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social & MRC.

@animal-viruses.bsky.social
@emcat1.bsky.social

🚨New paper 🚨

In 2 cohorts:
1) Malawi community cohort
2) UK adults with acute HCV

We found overestimation of neutralising abs using retrovirus-based pseudotyped assays in persons receiving integrase inhibitors, e.g. dolutegravir.

🧵by @mhairijan.bsky.social👇

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Massive congratulations Elen!! 🎉👏

Proud supervisor post! 👏🙌😬

Congratulations to @elenvink.bsky.social, @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epi Group & @emcat1.bsky.social #PhD student, for passing her viva! 🎉🍾

Thanks to @thushan-desilva.bsky.social & Ana Filipe for being fantastic examiners.

Why are ethnic minority groups falling behind on vaccines? - BBC News Data shows wide disparities in uptake of a range of vaccines, including measles, HPV, flu and Covid-19.

Spoke to BBC on the myriad of reasons why uptake of vaccines in adults and children are lower in ethnic minority groups.

Understanding this is critical for public health agencies to develop targeted strategies to enhance uptake. 💉🦠

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...