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Managing acute respiratory virus infections: Where do we go?
11 June 2026
Résidence Palace, Brussels
This ESWI Respiratory Virus Summit will take place on 11 June in Brussels.
ESWI Summits
Bridging the Gap: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Respiratory Infections and NCDs
5 March 2026
Online
We are delighted to let you know that the Interdisciplinary Disease Collaboration on Respiratory Infections and NCDs (IDC) has been relaunched with a broadened mission and scope. We are kicking off the new IDC with a Community meeting (webinar) on 5 March
Kick-off meeting Interdisciplinary Disease Collaboration (IDC)
ESWI Science Policy Interface Roundtable in Bucharest
22 October 2026
Bucharest, Romania
This event will bring together key stakeholders to address the critical challenges surrounding vaccine uptake and public health policy.
Science Policy Interface Roundtable
Spotlight on the Interdisciplinary Disease Collaboration on Respiratory Infections and NCDs (IDC)
Tune in to this extraordinary conversation exploring the important interplay between respiratory viruses and non-communicable diseases like diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease
www.eswiairborne.org
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Agenda

2026
16-19
September
 
ESCV 2026
Porto, Portugal
28th Annual Conference of the European Society for Clinical Virology
28th Annual Conference of the European Society for Clinical Virology
2026
14
October
 
EU Respi Day
European Parliament, Brussels
EURespiDay 2026 will take place on 14 October at the European Parliament in Brussels.
Steering Group on Prevention of Respiratory Infections
2026
22
October
 
ESWI EVENT
ESWI Science Policy Interface Roundtable in Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania
This event will bring together key stakeholders to address the critical challenges surrounding vaccine uptake and public health policy.
Science Policy Interface Roundtable
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Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in School Outbreaks During a A(H3N2) Subclade K (J.2.4.1)-Dominated Season in Beijing, China, 2025–26
International Journal of Infectious Diseases (ISID)
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Vaccination provided protection despite intense transmission settings
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Mammary and respiratory infection of sheep with H5Nx clade 2.3.4.4b viruses with milk-mediated transmission to lambs
Science Advances
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These findings establish sheep as a viable ruminant model for H5N1 and H5N5 infection and highlight previously unidentified transmission dynamics, including milk-mediated and lamb-to-ewe spread.
Serologic Evidence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infection in a Veterinary Professional Exposed to an Infected Domestic Cat — Los Angeles County, California, December 2024–January 2025
CDC MMWR - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
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These findings provide evidence of zoonotic transmission of influenza A(H5N1) virus from domestic cats to humans.
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Human Infection with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N5) Virus
The New England Journal of Medicine
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Correspondence - This report shows the importance of considering avian influenza A virus infection... even when testing for influenza virus in upper-respiratory-tract specimens is negative.
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ESWI networks & communities

Interdisciplinary Disease Collaboration

on Respiratory Infections and Non-communicable diseases

The Interdisciplinary Disease Collaboration on Respiratory Infections and Non-communicable diseases (IDC) unites scientists, healthcare professionals, patient -and other stakeholder organisations to achieve a better understanding of the bidirectional relationship and causal links between acute respiratory infections and non-communicable diseases.

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Early Career Scientists Network

Some of the best and most innovative ideas come from early career scientists, they are the future of the influenza field. For this reason, ESWI has been actively encouraging the careers of early career scientists for many years. 

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