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Flurry of H5N1 activity noted in commercial poultry, wild birds

Over the last 30 days, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in 38 flocks.

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Spotlight on Dr. Elizabeth Matthews, neurohospitalist and residency director exploring emerging neuroinfectious diseases. Catch her talk “(Re)Emerging Infections of the Nervous System” at #NHS2025 🧠

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We can't wait for Oct 14! Join us for "Pathways for Change" Day. Listen to insightful talks from Dr. Johnson, Camille Smith, Dr. Sobers, Dr. Motley-Johnson & Dr. Jeffers-Francis. Secure your spot: linktr.ee/BlackInMicro. Support the cause: tinyurl.com/GiveBiM (links in bio) #BIM2025
Black in Microbiology Week 2025 Panel: Finding Black Spaces in STEM. Event time: 1:15–2:15 PM EST, Oct. 14, 2025. Speakers: Jabril Johnson, PhD (Morehouse School of Medicine), Camille Smith (STEM Soulcial), Courtney Sobers, PhD (Rutgers University), Evangeline Motley-Johnson, PhD (Meharry Medical College), and Liesl Jeffers-Francis, PhD (North Carolina A&T State University).
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Microbes, immune cells, and enterocytes interact to regulate the intake of lipids in the mouse gut
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Our new issue is out

Researchers from @rki.de describe occurrences of the first known extensively drug-resistant (azithromycin and cefixime) #gonorrhoea cases with autochthonous transmission in Germany

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TABLE OF CONTENT ISSUE 40 IN 2025:

Rapid communication
Autochthonous transmission of extensively drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Germany, 2025

Surveillance
Epidemiology and risk factors of Escherichia coli bloodstream infections associated with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase production: a national surveillance and data linkage study, Finland, 2018 to 2023

Primary care sentinel surveillance of influenza-like illness and laboratory detections of respiratory viral infections in Denmark, week 40 2021 to week 39 2023

Letter to the editor and author's response
Peanut butter confirmed as the source in a case of infant botulism, United Kingdom, 2024
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Incidence and clinical outcomes of multiple viral infections after allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation

✅ Just Accepted
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The skin doesn’t just heal, it remembers.

This Review Article explores how repeated microbial encounters, like with #Staphylococcus aureus, can “train” the skin’s immune system for faster, stronger responses.
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Epigenetic and metabolic reprogramming of dermal MΦ in S. aureus infection.