Marc Johnson

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@SolidEvidence

Molecular virologist, Professor, and wastewater detective.
Same handle on bsky.

Opinions are my own and do not reflect those of my employer or anyone else.

Columbia, Mo. lung.fish Joined January 2022

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Marc Johnson @SolidEvidence Jun 14

We released our latest metagenomics preprint. I’m really excited about this study.

The unofficial title is ‘conquer the dark matter, volume 1’
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www.medrxiv.org A genome-resolved view of the wastewater RNA virome Sequencing-based wastewater surveillance is emerging as an important tool in pathogen-agnostic threat detection, potentially enabling early identification before capture through clinical surveillance...

Marc Johnson @SolidEvidence Nov 2

PB2 A676T.
That's not good.

Marc Johnson @SolidEvidence Nov 2

Thank you @nextstrain for updating the phylodynamic tree.

I thought someone had said that the WA cases were an independent introduction, but they are associated with the other 2026 sequences.
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Marc Johnson @SolidEvidence Nov 2

Three human cases, one death. Can we please start taking this outbreak seriously.

yakimacounty.us/DocumentCenter…

Marc Johnson @SolidEvidence Nov 2

In case you were wondering, we haven't detected this ebola strain in US wastewater, at least not yet.

bbc.com/news/articles/…

www.bbc.com More than 5,000 die from Ebola in DR Congo's deadliest outbreak Government data shows that more than 10,000 people have contracted the rare virus.