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SUMMARY:Oliver Smithies Lecture: The Ecology of a Pandemic: Interpreting t
 he Ongoing Epizootic of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza - Professor John
  Drake (Oliver Smithies Visiting Fellow)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250605T171500
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DESCRIPTION:The current epizootic of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HP
 AI) is unprecedented in scale\, duration\, and ecological reach. While oft
 en framed narrowly as a veterinary or virological concern\, the spread of 
 this virus among wild birds\, domestic poultry\, and a growing range of ma
 mmalian hosts—including sporadic spillover into humans—raises broader 
 questions about how pandemics emerge and evolve. In this lecture\, I explo
 re the ecology of pandemic risk through the lens of the ongoing HPAI epizo
 otic\, focusing on how environmental context shapes the transmission\, imp
 act\, and apparent severity of emerging pathogens. Drawing on recent data\
 , I examine the striking variation in observed case fatality rates and arg
 ue that such measures reflect not only viral properties but also the ecolo
 gical and social systems in which outbreaks unfold. The case of HPAI invit
 es us to reconsider how we define\, detect\, and prepare for pandemics—a
 nd to recognize that risk is rarely evenly distributed or solely biologica
 l in origin.\nSpeakers:\nProfessor John Drake (Oliver Smithies Visiting Fe
 llow)
LOCATION:Balliol College (Gillis Lecture Theatre)\, Broad Street OX1 3BJ
TZID:Europe/London
URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/80dc4089-7ce5-4f59-9cd2-22e12362b17e/
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