November 17 2015 Issue
1) Autoimmune post-herpes simplex encephalitis in adults and teenagers and 2) Topic of the month: Neuromyelitis optica. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Heather Harle interviews Dr. Josep Dalmau about his paper on autoimmune post-herpes simplex encephalitis in adults and teenagers. Dr. Sarah Wesley is reading our e-Pearl of the week about immunotherapy-responsive seizures. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Stacey Clardy interviews Dr. Dean Wingerchuk about th...
Source: Neurology Podcast - November 16, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: American Academy of Neurology Source Type: podcasts
September 8 2015 Issue
1) Pathogenic effects of antibodies on gut and brain neurons in anti-DPPX encephalitis and 2) Topic of the month: Updates in tele-neurology. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Michelle Fullard interviews Dr. Johannes Piepgras about his paper on pathogenic effects of antibodies on gut and brain neurons in anti-DPPX encephalitis. Dr. Ted Burns is interviewing Morgan Sorenson for our "What's Trending" feature of the week about twitter handles. In the next part of th...
Source: Neurology Podcast - October 12, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: American Academy of Neurology Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 347: Rose rosette and squirrel roulette
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit
Vincent, Alan, and Rich discuss the virus behind rose rosette disease, and fatal human encephalitis caused by a variegated squirrel bornavirus.
Links for this episode
Virology tenure-track position at NIH (pdf)
Voinnet investigation is a Swiss Federal secret (twitter)
Rose rosette disease in Ft. Worth (Star Telegram)
Rose rosette virus discovered (J Gen Virol)
Emeravirus (ViralZone)
Eriophyid mites (MI Botanical Garden)
Mite vector of rose rosette disease (U Florida)
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Squirrel bornavirus associated with human encephalitis (NEJM)
Poll: How...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - July 26, 2015 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 336: Brought to you by the letters H, N, P, and Eye
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
The TWiVsters explore mutations in the interferon pathway associated with severe influenza in a child, outbreaks of avian influenza in North American poultry farms, Ebolavirus infection of the eye weeks after recovery, and Ebolavirus stability on surfaces and fluids.
This episode is sponsored by @ASM Conferences and ASM Microbe
Links for this episode
Life threatening influenza and IRF7 deficiency (Science)
Whole exome sequencing (Wikipedia)
Herpes encephalitis in children with Trif deficiency (TWiV 175)
Avian influenza in ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - May 10, 2015 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 313: With viruses like these, who needs enemas?
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit
Vincent, Alan, and Rich discuss how norovirus, an enteric virus, can replace the functions of the gut microbiome.
Links for this episode
Ebola virus update (WHO)
Norovirus can replace functions of gut microbiome (Nature)
Post-vaccinal distemper encephalitis (N Z Vet J)
Novel sea otter poxvirus (J Wildl Dis)
Poliovirus escapes antibodies (virology blog)
CDC whistleblower saga (Sci Based Med)
Snopes on CDC whistleblower
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Letters read on TWiV 313
Video of this episode - v...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - November 30, 2014 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Herpes Simplex Encephalitis as a Potential Cause of Anti –N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Antibody Encephalitis: Report of 2 Cases
Interview with Benjamin M. Greenberg, MD, MHS, author of Herpes Simplex Encephalitis as a Potential Cause of Anti–N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Antibody Encephalitis: Report of 2 Cases (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - January 27, 2014 Category: General Medicine Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA Neurology 2014-01-27, Author Interview
Interview with Benjamin M. Greenberg, MD, MHS, author of Herpes Simplex Encephalitis as a Potential Cause of Anti–N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Antibody Encephalitis: Report of 2 Cases (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - January 27, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Herpes simplex encephalitis
This week we look at herpes simplex encephalitis, an easily missed central nervous system infection which can have serious consequences.
Our practice editor Mabel Chew discusses the features of the illness with Tom Solomon, professor of neurological science at Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool. And podcast producer Duncan Jarvies gets... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 27, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Herpes simplex encephalitis
This week we look at herpes simplex encephalitis, an easily missed central nervous system infection which can have serious consequences.
Our practice editor Mabel Chew discusses the features of the illness with Tom Solomon, professor of neurological science at Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool. And podcast producer Duncan Jarvies gets advice on diagnosis from Adam Zeman, professor of cognitive and behavioural neurology at Peninsular Medical School. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 27, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
The 2012 West Nile Encephalitis Epidemic in Dallas, Texas
Interview with Wendy M. Chung, MD, SM, author of The 2012 West Nile Encephalitis Epidemic in Dallas, Texas (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - July 16, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
