@ScottLOneill

CEO, World Mosquito Program Group

 Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
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Joined July 2012
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Dengue Cases Approach Historic Highs Worldwide; Local Transmission Seen In Europe healthpolicy-watch.news/deng…

Dengue Cases Approach Historic Highs Worldwide; Local Transmission Seen In Europe - Health Policy...

Incidence of dengue virus has soared in 2023 to near historically high levels, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Friday, with more than 5

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Several countries in the African region are currently experiencing severe outbreaks of dengue, with Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and Mali being the most affected. Dengue, a viral infection transmitted by mosquitoes🦟, poses a significant health challenge in the region.
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According to @Nature, these are the science events to watch in 2024. A list that includes our very own #wolbachia method! #dengue #science nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

The science events to watch for in 2024

Nature - Advanced AI tools, Moon missions and ultrafast supercomputers are among the developments set to shape research in the coming year.

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🇱🇦 In partnership with @save_children & Lao PDR Ministry of Health, our Wolbachia method reached 32 villages, impacting 86K people in the battle against #dengue. Here's a closer look at our journey & and the inspiring stories of those involved. #WeWelcomeWolbachia 👇Thread 👇1/6
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You can learn more about our #Wolbachia method and the role it can play in fighting mosquito-borne diseases on our dedicated microsite: worldmosquitoprogram.org/wmp… #ChangeIt #monashuni #WeWelcomeWolbachia #dengue #Zika #COP28 2/2
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Rory Gibb@roryjgibb11 Dec 2023
Our new paper on dengue emergence in Vietnam is out now in @NatureComms! We studied the role of urban infrastructure, climate change and mobility in shaping patterns of dengue disease, and here's what we found (🧵1/7) nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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Ever heard of Wolbachia? 🦟 This naturally occurring bacteria plays a crucial role – when introduced to mosquitoes, it inhibits their ability to transmit diseases like dengue fever, Zika, and malaria! 🌍✨ #COP28 #ClimateAction #MosquitoMagic
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Omar Akbari@Omar_Akbari_7 Dec 2023
As temperatures rise, dengue fever infections keep surging around the world | CBC News cbc.ca/news/health/dengue-fe…
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Bangladesh faces its worst dengue epidemic on record lemonde.fr/en/environment/ar… via @LeMonde_EN

Bangladesh faces its worst dengue epidemic on record

Characterized in Bangladesh by long erratic monsoons and higher temperatures, climate change is promoting the reproduction of 'Aedes' mosquitoes, the main vectors of dengue fever, which this year...

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@Nature30 Oct 2023
Three cities in Colombia saw a dramatic fall in dengue in the years following the introduction of mosquitoes carrying Wolbachia, a bacterium that prevents the insect from transmitting viruses go.nature.com/49gARZC
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🦟"#Dengue is spreading in #Europe: how worried should we be? The post-#COVID travel boom combined with a warm summer have led to dengue #outbreaks in #Italy and #France." by @MiryamNaddaf nature.com/articles/d41586-0… via @Nature

Dengue is spreading in Europe: how worried should we be?

Nature - The post-COVID travel boom combined with a warm summer have led to dengue outbreaks in Italy and France.

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Reanalysis of the #Wolbachia trial data by @sdufault11 gives empirical support to these model predictions: efficacy against #dengue ⬆️ from 77.1 to 82.7% when human and mosquito movement better accounted for dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.04.2… @TAlexPerkins @SeanCavany
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Local #dengue fever cases in #Taiwan exceed 15,000 this year focustaiwan.tw/society/20231…

Local dengue fever cases in Taiwan exceed 15,000 this year - Focus Taiwan

Taiwan has recorded over 15,000 cases of local dengue fever and 25 deaths from the disease in this year's outbreak, the most severe since 2015, when there were more than 43,000 dengue cases and 228...

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James Cook Uni@jcu4 Oct 2023
Scientists say the release of #mosquitoes containing the Wolbachia bacteria has practically eliminated dengue fever cases in #NorthQueensland. Full story 👉 rb.gy/cfnma
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New paper suggesting that bias in trial design might have resulted in an underestimation of the measured efficacy of Wolbachia for controlling dengue in Indonesian trial gh.bmj.com/content/8/8/e0121…
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Perran Ross@MosWhisperer23 Sep 2023
Wolbachia evolves rapidly in cell lines, in contrast to long-term stability in novel insect hosts. Fascinating and important work! biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Nice article in NYT about our work, primarily in Colombia. Congratulation to the whole team in Colombia
World Mosquito Program (WMP)
@MosquitoProgram29 Sep 2023
1/ 📢Exciting news! Our work is featured today in the @nytimes. If you're short on time, here are the key takeaways: 👇Thread👇 1/8 #dengue #mosquito
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🦟"#Bangladesh🇧🇩: Nearly 1,000 people die of #dengue in severe #outbreak" bbc.com/news/world-asia-6694… via @BBCWorld

Bangladesh: Nearly 1,000 people die of dengue in severe outbreak

Worst outbreak on record is blamed on wet weather allowing virus-carrying mosquitoes to spread.

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antaranews.com
@antaranews14 Sep 2023
Uji coba bakteri Wolbachia yang dapat melumpuhkan virus dengue dalam nyamuk Aedes aegypti diperluas ke sejumlah kota di Indonesia pada 2023. Laman #infografik: m.antaranews.com/infografik/…
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"There are discreet, immediately investable opportunities that can drive huge improvements today in reducing the health effects of heat,” such as Wolbachia to combat #dengue and clean AC technology, says @NeilBuddyShah from @CHAI_Health at #CGI2023.
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