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Antonia Ho

@drtoniho.bsky.social
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Professor of Infectious Diseases @UofGlasgow @CVRinfo & Honorary Consultant. Interests #epidemiology #respiratoryviruses #ARI #GlobalHealth 🦠🧬. Also 🐶! Views are my own. #IDSky #EpiSky #DogSky

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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
@cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epidemiology Group out in force at Kamuzu University of Health Sciences Research Dissemination Conference! @kirstykwok.bsky.social, John Kelly & Andrew Mwale presented their PhD work characterising resp viral, arboviral & TB virome in Malawian populations.🦠🫁🦟🧬🇲🇼
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
See details of 2 #PhD posts based at CVR & 12 other projects based in Finland, Denmark, Netherlandsx Spain & England through the DETECTIVE MSCA Doctoral Network 🦠🕵️‍♂️ 👇
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Interested in using genomics, big data & AI to tackle future pandemic threats? 🧬 📊 💻 @cvrinfo.bsky.social is recruiting 2 #PhD students through the DETECTIVE Doctoral Network🦠🕵️‍♂️: Info on projects, entry requirements & application link available in 🇫🇮🇳🇱🇩🇰🇪🇸🇬🇧: virusdetective.eu 1/4
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This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Networks (G.A. number 101312731)
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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Dr Ana Da Silva Felipe and @drtoniho.bsky.social of @cvrinfo.bsky.social will lead Glasgow's contribution to the international DETECTIVE consortium to improve the early detection of emerging viral threats and strengthen future pandemic preparedness. Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
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UofG helps secure €4.4 million EU funding to train the next generation of viral experts
The MRC-University of Glasgow’s Centre for Virus Research (CVR) is playing a leading role in a major new European doctoral training programme.
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Peter MacPherson @petermacp.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
#Multimorbidity with #tuberculosis is under-recognised. We followed nearly 2000 adults with #TB in 🇿🇦 for 18m. Multimorbidity was very common, and associated with large ⬆️ in risk of death. #idsky #TBsky 🧪🛟 doi.org/10.1371/jour... @uofgshw.bsky.social @tomwingfield.bsky.social
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
🚨 New paper! Working with colleagues from @cvrinfo.bsky.social, @ukhsa.bsky.social, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social & ISARIC4C study, we investigated the emergence of tecovirimat resistance during severe mpox infection in a patient with advanced HIV. 🦠 💊 🧬 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Proud supervisor post 📣 Congratulations to @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epidemiology Group student @mhairijan.bsky.social who graduated with a PhD on SARS-CoV-2 sero- epidemiology across urban and rural cohorts in Malawi. 🥳🎓🙌 If anyone is looking for a talented post-doc, look no further!
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ESCMID @escmid.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The ECDC welcomes 20 applicants for a 5-day observership at their headquarters in Solna. The call is open and will close on 19 May, so be sure to review the process and submit your application today! 💡Info: ow.ly/265Q50YQXo4 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I am deeply honoured to receive this prize. Many thanks to @microbiologysociety.org for spotlighting clinician scientists & to everyone who came to my lecture. 🙏
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
@cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epidemiology Group & Usher Institute PhD students, @hbsci.bsky.social & Milly Young presenting their work at #rti2026! 🫁🦠
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Scotland on a sunny day - you cannae beat it! ☀️🗻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Ho Ho Ho! 🎅🎄✨ Wishing you a restful festive period from the @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epidemiology Group. See you in 2026!
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Wondering why flu is everywhere this winter & what you should do? 🦠🤒😷 Read this @bmj.com article that I contributed to 👇
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Congratulations to @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epidemiology Group @emcat1.bsky.social student @elenvink.bsky.social who graduated from her PhD in Virology yesterday!! 🎓🎉🍾🙌
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
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.
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
🚨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
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
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...
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Locum Consultant - Infectious Diseases and General Medicine:Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
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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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Yesssss SCOTLAND!!! ⚽️⚽️⚽️💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 For non-Scots, the last time we qualified for the World Cup was 1998 (I was 20 😳)
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
@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...
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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
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15/11/2025
UK warned that 15% cut to health fund will force ‘impossible choices’ on Africa
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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...
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Delighted to have contributed to this article. 👇 COVID19 hasn’t gone away, and continued SARSCoV2 surveillance is critical.
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
🚨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...
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
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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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
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Thelonevirologist @thelonevirologist.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
WHO replaces H1N1 and H3N2 strains for Southern Hemisphere flu vaccines www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-va...
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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.
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
@cvrinfo.bsky.social clinical #PhD students & fellows out in force the @nhsresearchscotland.org.uk Infection Research Day! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👩‍🔬🔬🩺
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Public Health Scotland @publichealthscot.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
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
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Please repost this exciting opportunity! 📣
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
📣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
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
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.🤰💉👶🦠🏥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
🚨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...
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MRC-UofG Centre for Virus Research @cvrinfo.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Massive congratulations Elen!! 🎉👏
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
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.
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
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...
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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.
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
@cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epidemiology Group #PhD student, kirstykwok.bsky.social presenting her analysis of non-SARSCoV2 respiratory viral sequence data from Africa at #PandemicSciences25 conference 🫁🧬🌍
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Dad and I completed the East Highland Way on Sunday! 150km over 7 days in typical 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 weather - a mixture of ☀️🌧️🌬️🌦️ We’ve raised nearly £8000 for @AlzResearchUK! 🥺 Really touched by everyone’s support & generosity THANK YOU!! 🙏 www.justgiving.com/page/ho-ward...
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William & Toni's fundraiser for Alzheimer's Research UK
Help Antonia Ho raise money to support Alzheimer's Research UK
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
A few highlights from the first 4 days of the East Highland Way. Scotland at its best! 🗻🐑☀️😍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 78.4km down, 63km to go. Many thanks to everyone who donated so far 🙏 www.justgiving.com/page/ho-ward...
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
My dad & I are setting off on the East Highland Way today - a 132km trail from Fort William to Aviemore to fundraise for @AlzResearchUK, a charity close to our hearts. 💜🗻🚶‍♀️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Any donations would be greatly appreciated! 🙏 www.justgiving.com/page/ho-ward...
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Great to stretch the legs on Zomba plateau after a week of meetings! 🗻🇲🇼
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
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Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @epiellie.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
If you like epidemiology, public health, data science, causal inference, or the occasional anti-antivaxxer snark, you'll love E is for Epi. Sign up at epiellie.substack.com
A grid of public health promotion images from the US Library of Congress image database. Overlaid, the name of my newsletter (E is for Epi), my name and credentials (Dr Ellie Murray, epidemiologist), and the link (epiellie.substack.com)
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Delighted to present our latest work using serology & next-gen sequencing to understand respiratory viral epidemiology in #Malawi to colleagues at @MEIRU_MALAWI & the Public Health Institute of Malawi 🫁🦠🩸🧪🧬📈 @mhairijan.bsky.social @abenaphd.bsky.social @cvrinfo.bsky.social
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Met 2 former medical students that I taught 13 years ago at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre - Mike Chisema (left) is now Head of Expanded Programme on Immunisation for Malawi! 🩺🏥🇲🇼 I feel old 👵😂
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Excited to be at the 2nd Summit on Integrated Multiplex Serosurveillance. Looking forward to hearing & sharing updates on seroepidemiology studies in African countries. 🩸👩‍🔬🦠🌍 @MalawiHealth @MLW_Programme @KUHeS_mw @cvrinfo.bsky.social @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Not a bad commute to work! 🚴‍♀️😍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #RiverClyde #lastdayofScottishsummer
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
After a mad work week, glad to be outdoors in the glorious Scottish sunshine! ☀️🏖️🐶🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 📷 Loch Drunkie
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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Come to our annual meeting in Glasgow to hear & chat about exciting virology! 🦠🧬🧫🔬👩‍🔬👨‍💻
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Dr Anastasia Theodosiou @doctoranastasia.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Lovely to see our article in @scotsman.com on risk of #measles becoming endemic after worrying ⬇️ in childhood #vaccination rates 🦠💉👶👩‍🔬💙 @drtoniho.bsky.social & Chrissie Jones @uofgsii.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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How a small drop in vaccinations could see measles becoming endemic again – new study
Measles is one of the most contagious diseases known, and it is far from harmless, hospitalising one in five infected children and killing up to three in every 1,000 children who catch it
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