TWiV 961: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses Mpox (formerly monkeypox) in women: epidemiological features and clinical characteristics of mpox cases in Spain, April to November 2022, triage of patients with Ebola virus disease, SARS-CoV-2 serology and self-reported infection among adults, serological markers of SARS-CoV-2 infection; anti-nucleocapsid antibody positivity may not be the ideal marker of natural infection in vaccinated individuals, sensitivity of anti-SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein antibody for breakthrough infections during the epidemic of the Omicron variants, effect of wearing glasses on risk...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - December 10, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 955: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses the four things to know about RSV, the burden of respiratory syncytial virus in healthy term-born infants in Europe, the diagnostic accuracy of rapid diagnostic tests for Ebola virus disease, evaluating the accuracy of self-collected swabs for the diagnosis of monkeypox, tecovirimat is effective against human monkeypox virus in vitro at nanomolar concentrations, acute and postacute sequelae associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection, clinical course of SARS-CoV-2 infection and recovery in lung transplant recipients, effectiveness of a third BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccina...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - November 19, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 931: Driven to immunodistraction
TWiV reviews the genetic characterization of a new strain of type 2 oral polio vaccine and its implications for eradication, and how a polymorphism in humans comprising a single amino acid change in an antibody molecule regulates vaccine elicitation of broadly neutralizing antibodies against influenza virus HA. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Characterization of novel OPV2 from humans (MMWR) Engineering nOPV2 (TWiV 756) Genome sequence of Rockland...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - August 28, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 871: If the ACE2 fits, ferret
TWiV discusses whether or not Omicron should be designated a new serotype of SARS-CoV-2, and the finding that amino acid changes that adapt SARS-CoV-2 to mink or ferret do not increase fitness in the human airway. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode ABRCMS ePoster Spring Symposium for Emerging Scientists ASV Annual Meeting Registration (ASV) Microbiology & Immunology at LSU Health Is Omicron a new serotype? (Nat Rev Micr) Adaptation of SARS-CoV-2 to mink/ferret (Cell Rep) Letters read on T...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - February 27, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 854: Omicron is evasive
TWiV reviews findings that increased fitness of the Omicron variant is due to immune evasion, not an increase in intrinsic transmissibility, and determination of infectious viral load in patients infected with wild type, Delta and Omicron viruses reveals lack of correlation with RNA loads determined by RT-PCR, similar levels of shedding among Delta and Omicron, and greatly reduced shedding in vaccinated people. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Travel Awa...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - January 16, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Coronapod: Lessons from pandemic ‘war-game’ simulations
Next week, we’ll be wrapping up Coronapod in its current form. Please fill out our short survey to let us know your thoughts on the show.In this episode:02:15 Simulating pandemicsResearchers have run numerous military-style simulations to predict the consequences of fictitious viral outbreaks. We discuss how these simulations work, what recommendations come out of them and if any of these warnings have been heeded.24:08 One good thingOur hosts pick out things that have made them smile in the last week, including audience feedback, the official end of the Ebola outbreak in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Source: Nature Podcast - July 3, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Coronapod: Lessons from pandemic ‘war-game’ simulations
Next week, we’ll be wrapping up Coronapod in its current form. Please fill out our short survey to let us know your thoughts on the show.In this episode:02:15 Simulating pandemicsResearchers have run numerous military-style simulations to predict the consequences of fictitious viral outbreaks. We discuss how these simulations work, what recommendations come out of them and if any of these warnings have been heeded.24:08 One good thingOur hosts pick out things that have made them smile in the last week, including audience feedback, the official end of the Ebola outbreak in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Source: Nature Podcast - July 3, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 559: Nectin connection what's your infection?
The complete TWiV team give a report on the Ebola virus outbreak in DRC, and reveal that cell surface nectin proteins cause the transfer of cytoplasmic cargo, including measles virus, between cells. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Fire Alarm at ASV Ebola outbreak sitrep(WHO) Ebola outbreak dashboard(WHO) Ebola outbreakDRC (MSF) Ebola articles at CIDRAP Ebola virus vaccine could run out(STAT news) Nectin mediated cytoplasmic transfer(J Cell S...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - August 4, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 557: Congress in Rotterdam
From the European Congress of Virology in Rotterdam, Vincent and local co-host Ben Berkhout speak with Ron Fouchier, Rosina Girones, and Marie-Paule Kieny about their careers and their work on influenza virus, environmental virology, and developing an Ebola virus vaccine during an epidemic. Hosts: Vincent Racanielloand Ben Berkhout Guests: Ron Fouchier, Rosina Girones, and Marie-Paule Kieny Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode ECV2019 Drift of human H2N2 viruses (J Viral) Viruses in urban sewage (Sci Tot Environ) Ebola virus vaccine efficacy (Lancet) ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - July 21, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 533: Recurring threads
The TWiVosophers review the Chinese plasma virome revealed by non-invasive prenatal testing, and a new filovirus genome from bats in China. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode ASV 2019 European Congress of Virology 2019 ASM Clinical Virology Symposium Intel ISEF judges needed Jerard Hurwitz age 90 RIP Paul has Measles now in French (virology blog) Chinese plasma virome (Cell) Blood virome of 8000 humans (TWiV 435) Měnglà filovirus from bats in China (Nat Microbiol) How to w...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - February 3, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 528: Our annual recapsidation
In the first episode for 2019, the TWiV team reviews the amazing virology stories of the past year. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Please take the TWiV listener survey ASV 2019 Satellite Symposia Crowdfunding for EV-D68 research TWiV World Tour 2018 t-shirt (Amazon) Cool virology from 2018 Viruses behind AD? TWiV 505, TWiV 519, clinical trial one and two Wolbachia-mosquito release halts dengue (TWiV 506); World Mosquito Program Evolutionary history of RNA...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - January 6, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 505: Rosebola
The TWiV hosts review persistence of Ebola virus after the end of the Liberian outbreak, and the potential role of two herpesviruses in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler and Brianne Barker Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support Viruses & Cells Gordon Conference Trump picks science advisor (Scientist) Hendra vaccine: no effect on horses racing (Aust Vet J) Persistence of Ebola virus (Lancet Inf Dis) New Ebolavirus outbreak (Telegraph) Alzheimer's disease and herpesviruses (Neuron) Herpesviruses, beta-amyloid an...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - August 5, 2018 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 495: Influenza virus keeps its ion channel 20
The TWiVerati follow up on the Ebola virus outbreak, virulence of Ebola-Makona, and reveal how a parasitoid is revealed to hyperparasitoids, and binding of influenza virus to a calcium ion channel to mediate influenza virus entry. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode ASM Microbe 2018 Support Viruses & Cells Gordon Conference Faculty positions at Icahn School of Medicine International dsRNA Virus Symposium Tracing Ebola virus contacts(CIDRAP) WHO FAQ Ebola virus vaccine(WHO) Nipah virusoutbreak (CIDRAP) Revealingparasitoid to hyperparasitoid (PNAS) Hy...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - May 27, 2018 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 422: Watching the icosahedron drop
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy SpindlerThe TWiVestigators wrap up 2016 with a discussion of the year's ten compelling virology stories. Become a patron of TWiV!Should auld infections be forgotAnd never T-cells primed?Will cross-reacting antigensProtect the host next time?Links for this episodeRegister for ASV 2017ASM-ASV Conference on Interplay of Viral and Bacterial PathogensTen virology stories from 2016Zika virus (first covered in 2015, TWiV 368)EbolavirusEukaryotic genes in Wolbachia phage (TWiV 412)Harold "400" Varmus (TWiV 400) and many other ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - January 1, 2017 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 421: Like flies on shot
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy SpindlerGuest: Nathan LettsThe TWiVnauts present another example of an infectious but replication incompetent vaccine, an insect specific arborvirus bearing chikungunya virus structural proteins. Become a patron of TWiV!Links for this episodeRegister for ASV 2017ASM-ASV Conference on Interplay of Viral and Bacterial PathogensChikungunya virus vaccine using insect virus platform (Nat Med)Ebola vaccine results (NYTimes, paper)Letters read on TWiV 421This episode is brought to you by CuriosityStream, a subscription str...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - December 25, 2016 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
