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Spillover≠Emerging infectious disease ≠True multi-host pathogen.#SARSCoV2 started as a spillover pathogen, but should now be referred to as a 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻 given the sustained transmission in wild deer and documented deer-to-human transmission.

𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐦 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 1. Eighteen elephants found dead yesterday in Assam. Social media is rife with comments like "How lightning could kill so many in one go?" or "Can't believe lightning could kill so many elephants.

https://t.co/RbZfx7fYk4 My 2 cents: One of the main instigators of human-leopard conflict in Maharashtra is the 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐩 (𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 (𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞) policy. Such trappings by MahFD aren't always 'official' (not sanctioned by Chief Wildlife Warden).

A great start to 2021! Our Perspective paper published today in @FrontVetScience!We recommend 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒍-𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒅, 𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒆-𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒆𝒔 to position #CWD management ahead of the ever-progressing CWD front.https://t.co/wDc6oocklR @atle_my 1/4 — Aniruddha Belsare (@anyadoc) January 6, 2021

#NipahVirus #Kerala How many bats to sample to detect at least 1 infected bat with high level of confidence (95%)? Regardless of the bat population size, epidemiological Sample Size tables suggest a sample size of ~60 if the hypothesized population prevalence is 5%.