TWiV 368: Infected, you will be
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
A plaque of virologists explores the biology of Zika virus and recent outbreaks, and the contribution of a filamentous bacteriophage to the development of biofilms.
Links for this episode
More cowbell (Wikipedia)
Microcephaly in Brazil (Outbreak News)
Non-vector borne Zika transmission (EID)
Zika virus outside Africa (EID)
Zika virus possible sexual transmission (EID)
Zika virus in saliva (J Clin Virol)
Dengue's cousin Zika (Micr Inf)
Filamentous phage promote biofilm assembly (Cell Host Micr)
Biofilm history (MSU)
Pseudomonas phage Pf1
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Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - December 20, 2015 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Dengue fever
Around two fifths of the world’s population (those in tropical and subtropical countries), or up to 2.5 billion people, are at risk of dengue infection.
An estimated 50 million infections occur annually worldwide, with 0.5 million of these cases being admitted to hospital for dengue haemorrhagic fever. Approximately 90% of these cases are in... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 24, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Dengue fever
Around two fifths of the world ’s population (those in tropical and subtropical countries), or up to 2.5 billion people, are at risk of dengue infection.
An estimated 50 million infections occur annually worldwide, with 0.5 million of these cases being admitted to hospital for dengue haemorrhagic fever. Approximately 90% of th ese cases are in... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 24, 2015 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Dengue fever
Around two fifths of the world ’s population (those in tropical and subtropical countries), or up to 2.5 billion people, are at risk of dengue infection.
An estimated 50 million infections occur annually worldwide, with 0.5 million of these cases being admitted to hospital for dengue haemorrhagic fever. Approximately 90% of th ese cases are in children aged less than 5 years. The epidemiology is, however, changing both regionally and globally.
In this podcast, Senanayake A M Kularatne, senior professor of medicine at the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka, joins us to discuss which symptoms should make doctors cons...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 24, 2015 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Dengue fever
Around two fifths of the world’s population (those in tropical and subtropical countries), or up to 2.5 billion people, are at risk of dengue infection.
An estimated 50 million infections occur annually worldwide, with 0.5 million of these cases being admitted to hospital for dengue haemorrhagic fever. Approximately 90% of these cases are in children aged less than 5 years. The epidemiology is, however, changing both regionally and globally.
In this podcast, Senanayake A M Kularatne, senior professor of medicine at the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka, joins us to discuss which symptoms should make doctors consid...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 24, 2015 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 351: The dengue code
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
The Masters of the ScienTWIVic Universe discuss a novel poxvirus isolate from an immunosuppressed patient, H1N1 and the gain-of-function debate, and attenuation of dengue virus by recoding the genome.
Links for this episode
Paula Pitha-Rowe (Balt Sun)
Novel poxvirus (CID)
H1N1 and gain-of-function debate (mBio)
Recoding dengue virus genome (PNAS)
Attenuation by dinucleotide frequency change (PNAS)
Codon pair and dinucleotide bias not distinguished (PNAS)
Codon pair deoptimization artefact of CG/UA change (eLife)
Can engineering ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - August 23, 2015 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 348: Chicken shift
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Rich Condit
Vincent and Rich discuss fruit fly viruses, one year without polio in Nigeria, and a permissive Marek's disease viral vaccine that allows transmission of virulent viruses.
Links for this episode
Virology tenure-track position at NCI (pdf)
ASM Agar Art Contest
Nigeria on brink of polio eradication (Nature)
Dengue in Africa (Tyler Sharp)
Permissive vaccines and virulence (PLoS Biol)
Marek's disease vaccines and virulence (Ed Yong)
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Letters read on TWiV 348
This episode is sponsored by ASM GAP
Weekly Science Picks
Rich - Swan-Ganz catheter (Wiki, v...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - August 2, 2015 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 319: Breaking breakbone
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
The TWiVers review the outcomes of two recent phase 3 clinical trials of a quadrivalent dengue virus vaccine in Asia and Latin America.
Links for this episode
Efficacy of dengue vaccine (NEJM)
Preventing dengue (NEJM)
Dengue viruses (Scitable)
Intention to treat (Wikipedia)
Image credit: Jean-Yves Sgro
Letters read on TWiV 319
Weekly Science Picks
Alan - The Toaster Project by Thomas ThwaitesRich - SpaceX reusable rocket (SpaceX)Kathy - Antarctica: A Year on IceDickson - NHL Mumps outbreak and Hubble Andr...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - January 11, 2015 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 319: Breaking breakbone
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
The TWiVers review the outcomes of two recent phase 3 clinical trials of a quadrivalent dengue virus vaccine in Asia and Latin America.
Links for this episode
Efficacy of dengue vaccine (NEJM)
Preventing dengue (NEJM)
Dengue viruses (Scitable)
Intention to treat (Wikipedia)
Image credit: Jean-Yves Sgro
Letters read on TWiV 319
Weekly Science Picks
Alan - The Toaster Project by Thomas ThwaitesRich - SpaceX reusable rocket (SpaceX)Kat...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - January 11, 2015 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 304: Given X, solve for EBOV
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
Guest: Jeff Shaman
The TWiV team consults an epidemiologist to forecast the future scope of the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa.
This episode of TWiV is brought to you by the Department of Microbiology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Composed of over 20 virology labs, all centralized in one building in the heart of New York City, this department is a perfect fit for anyone with an interest in pursuing virus research. The Department is presently looking to recruit any prospecti...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - September 28, 2014 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Dengue: Not Every Tropical Fever Is Malaria
Dengue is often misdiagnosed as malaria, and the result can be fatal for the patient. Learn more here about distribution, diagnosis, and treatment. (Source: Medscape Infectious Disease Podcast)
Source: Medscape Infectious Disease Podcast - April 28, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 266: A pathogenic vicious cycle
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
Vincent, Alan, and Kathy discuss finding viruses in outer space, varying results obtained from personal genetic testing, and depletion of CD4 cells during HIV infection by pyroptosis.
Links for this episode
We should hunt for viruses in space (New Scientist)
I had my DNA picture taken (NY Times)
CD4 cell death by pyroptosis (Nature)
Abortive HIV infection in lymphoid tissue (Cell)
IFI16 sensor required for HIV mediated cell death (Science)
PubMed Commons
Preferential CTL targeting of Gag (Cell Rep...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - January 5, 2014 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
