Detection, relatedness and environmental sources of emerging Legionella longbeachae infections in Finland, 1989-2024.

Legionella longbeachae is an emerging cause of Legionnaires' disease in Europe. We analysed data from the National Infectious Disease Register (NIDR) and the Legionella Reference Laboratory database to characterize L. longbeachae infections and diagnostics in Finland.

Emergence and Global Spread of Mpox Clade Ib: Challenges and the Role of Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance.

Several African countries, mainly the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, and Uganda, are facing highly transmissible mpox clade Ib epidemics, prompting the World Health Organization to declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. It has spread to key travel hubs like Kinshasa, Bujumbura, and Kampala, increasing international spread risks. Current mitigation efforts focus mainly on medical care, diagnostics, vaccination, and infection prevention, but overlook wastewater and environmental surveillance (WES).

COVID-19 mRNA vaccine induced antibody responses against three SARS-CoV-2 variants.

As SARS-CoV-2 has been circulating for over a year, dozens of vaccine candidates are under development or in clinical use. The BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine induces spike protein-specific neutralizing antibodies associated with protective immunity. The emergence of the B.