Sasha Azar @azarsr.bsky.social · 15/01/2026One of the greatest comedians of our time. I didn’t laugh during this set at all though but can say it is well worth the watch. 010
Reposted by Sasha AzarVasilakis Lab @vasilakislab.bsky.social · 24/04/2025We celebrated the 100th anniversary of HR Carter's seminal lecture on YF's potential threat to Asia-Pacific area with a perspective to draw attention to the potential reasons why YF epidemics have not occurred in urban centers in the region. @sbvirologia.bsky.social @mauriciolnogueira.bsky.social 044
Reposted by Sasha AzarMauricio L Nogueira @mauriciolnogueira.bsky.social · 17/03/2025We detected yellow fever virus in Haemagogus mosquitoes collected in 2022 in an Amazon rainforest bordering Manaus, Brazil. The viral genome sequence occupied a basal position within the South American I genotype 1E lineage.wwwnc.cdc.gov 142
Reposted by Sasha AzarGreg Ebel @ebellaboratory.bsky.social · 31/01/2025One positive thing that happend this otherwise challenging week is that this paper is FINALLY out. Why are Culex tarsalis so good at spreading West Nile virus? We learned a lot by doing this study. A testament to the tenacity and creativity of Dr. Emily Fitzmeyer. journals.plos.org/plospathogen...journals.plos.orgA single-cell atlas of the Culex tarsalis midgut during West Nile virus infectionAuthor summary West Nile virus is the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in N. America. Cx. tarsalis is a highly competent vector of WNV that plays a central role in the transmission and maintena... 2329
Reposted by Sasha AzarVasilakis Lab @vasilakislab.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Exited to see my talented student's review of her dissertation work out. www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/17.... @rossilab.bsky.social @utmbnews.bsky.social @mauriciolnogueira.bsky.socialmdpi.comBussuquara Virus: A Neglected Orthoflavivirus with Broad Distribution Across Central and South America and the CaribbeanBussuquara virus (BSQV) was first discovered in the Brazilian Amazon in 1956. It is an arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus) in the genus Orthoflavivirus, family Flaviviridae. Since its discovery, BSQV ha... 001
Sasha Azar @azarsr.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Even at “just” 7.0 logs per mL, a 300mL glass of milk with breakfast would have over a billion infectious particles. Call me crazy, but a breakfast of champions that is NOT. 2144
Reposted by Sasha AzarMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 24/11/2024There can only be one me. Help me let @bsky.app be aware that I’m the real me. Many thanks, Mar🐫 🙏 ♥️ 👍 1945378945479
Reposted by Sasha AzarVasilakis Lab @vasilakislab.bsky.social · 19/11/2024our collaborative research with the Hanley, Rossi @rossilab.bsky.social, Azar @azarsr.bsky.social and Cecilia labs highlighting the importance of incorporating individual-level heterogeneity of vector biting in arbovirus transmission models just dropped. www.cell.com/iscience/ful....cell.comAedes albopictus is not an arbovirus aficionado when feeding on cynomolgus macaques or squirrel monkeysNatural sciences; Biological sciences; Microbiology; Virology; Systems biology. 0157
Reposted by Sasha AzarJoanie King, PhD @joanieking.bsky.social · 17/11/2024We’re looking for an assistant professor in urban entomology at New Mexico State University: careers.nmsu.edu/jobs/assista... Please apply if interested and do share! 🐜🪰🪳🦟🦗🦂careers.nmsu.eduAssistant Professor/Urban Entomology - Las Cruces, New Mexico, United StatesPosition Title: Assistant Professor/Urban Entomology Employee Classification: LC Faculty TT/TN 9m College/Division: Agricultural,Consumer & Env Sci Col Department: 303000-ENTOMOLOGY PLANT PATH AND... 05664
Reposted by Sasha AzarRafael Kroon Campos @rafaelkcampos.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Yesterday, Dr. Maurício Nogueira passed the presidency of ACAV to the new president, Dr. Shannan Rossi. We are grateful for his leadership and excited for the future under her guidance! 081
Reposted by Sasha AzarVasilakis Lab @vasilakislab.bsky.social · 11/11/2024our new collaborative work with the Weaver lab, WRCEVA and Brazilian partners on how heterologous flavivirus immunity may prevent urban transmission of yellow fever was just dropped. doi.org/10.1038/s414....doi.orgPotential role of heterologous flavivirus immunity in preventing urban transmission of yellow fever virus - Nature CommunicationsEpidemiology of yellow fever suggests that other flaviviruses may provide some level of cross-protection. Here the authors show in a non-human primate model that pre-existing dengue-2 or Zika virus im... 0129
Reposted by Sasha AzarJesse Erasmus @jesseerasmus.bsky.social · 10/11/2024Couldn’t find a virology starter pack so here’s one to get the ball rolling. Repost/reply if you are a virologist so I can find and add you to the list! go.bsky.app/SinqoJU 112341250
Reposted by Sasha AzarVasilakis Lab @vasilakislab.bsky.social · 08/11/2024A great collaborative effort with the @Virology_FAMERP and others showing Dengue and SARS-CoV-2 co-circulation and overlapping infections in hospitalized patients has dropped. frontiersin.org/journals/cellu….frontiersin.org 132
Reposted by Sasha AzarVasilakis Lab @vasilakislab.bsky.social · 08/11/2024www.frontiersin.org/journals/cel...frontiersin.orgFrontiers | Dengue and SARS-CoV-2 co-circulation and overlapping infections in hospitalized patients 013
Reposted by Sasha AzarShaun Cross @shauntcross.bsky.social · 07/11/2024Made a starter package for vector-borne disease folks! Please feel free to comment if you'd like to be added or see somebody missing. This is just the start and grabbed as many as I could quickly find! 🦟 go.bsky.app/U8D4FV2 365942
Reposted by Sasha AzarGreg Ebel @ebellaboratory.bsky.social · 07/11/2024Here's a recent-ish paper from the group looking at WNV and SLEV coinfection in a variety of different systems. This has been in progress for a long time. journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....journals.asm.orgWNV and SLEV coinfection in avian and mosquito hosts: impact on viremia, antibody responses, and vector competence | Journal of VirologyWest Nile virus (WNV) and St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) are closely related viruses that are transmitted by the same mosquitoes and infect the same birds in nature. Both viruses circulate in the... 0207
Reposted by Sasha AzarVasilakis Lab @vasilakislab.bsky.social · 19/10/2023Congratulations to Prof. Shannan Rossi for being elected as Felow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene as well as being chair-elect of the American Committee on Arthropod-Borne Viruses and Zoonotic Viruses (ACAV). 031
Sasha Azar @azarsr.bsky.social · 19/10/2023Congrats to @vasilakislab.bsky.social for winning ACAV’s Dalrymple-Young award at ASTMH 2023! 041