TWiV 1044: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the immunogenicity and reactogenicity of coadministration of COVID-19 and Influenza vaccines, interim effectiveness estimates of 2023 southern hemisphere influenza vaccines in preventing Influenza-associated hospitalizations, genome-wide association study of susceptibility to RSV hospitalization in young children (Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition)
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - September 16, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 1042: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses China’s health authorities fighting surge in cases of Mpox unknown origin, analysis of seasonal variation of antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract diagnoses in primary care practices, prevalence and associated outcomes of co-infection between SARS-CoV-2 and influenza, comparison of bivalent and monovalent mRNA vaccine boosters, optimal duration of systemic corticosteroids in COVID-19 treatment, acute blood biomarker profiles predict cognitive deficits 6 and 12 months after COVID-19 hospitalization, temporal changes in fecal microbiota of patients infected with C...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - September 9, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 1041: Novel oral polio vaccine? with Raul Andino and Kostya Chumakov
Vincent speaks with Raul and Kostya about the development of novel oral polio vaccine from the Sabin type 2 strain, its deployment in over 600 million children, and whether it can lead to eradication of poliomyelitis. Host: Vincent Racaniello Guests: Raul Andino and Kostya Chumakov Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server MicrobeTV store at Cafepress Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf) Engineering OPV (Cell Host Microbe) Poliopolis (Lancet) nOPV2 (Polioeradication.org) Timestamps by Jolene. T...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - September 3, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 1040: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the public health significance of finding autochthonous melioidosis cases in the continental United States, human neural larva migrans caused by Ophidascaris robertsi ascarid, Project nextgen awards over $1.4 billion to develop the future of COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics, excess all-cause mortality in China after ending the zero COVID policy, international pediatric COVID-19 severity over the course of the pandemic, differences in SARS-CoV-2 specific humoral and cellular immune responses after contralateral and ipsilateral COVID-19 vaccination, Pfizer and BioNTech ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - September 2, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 1038: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses modeling poliovirus transmission and responses in New York State, FDA approves first vaccine for pregnant individuals to prevent RSV in infants, prevention and control of seasonal influenza with vaccines: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, Nirmatrelvir resistance – de novo E166V/L50V mutations in an immunocompromised patient treated with prolonged nirmatrelvir/ritonavir monotherapy leading to clinical and virological treatment failure, incidence of new-onset hypertension post–COVID-19: comparison with influenza, and post-acute sequel...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - August 26, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 1037: Antibodies, the good (CoV), the bad (Ad), the beautiful
TWiV reviews evidence that symptomatic adenovirus infection leads to thrombocytopenia, thrombosis, and production of anti-platelet factor 4 antibodies similar to the rare disorder seen after immunization with adenoviral vectored COVID-19 vaccines, and a monoclonal antibody isolated from a SARS survivor, following vaccination with a SARS-CoV-2 spike mRNA vaccine, that neutralizes a broad collection of ACE2-binding sarbecoviruses. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Link...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - August 20, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 1036: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses Florida local transmission of dengue cases reported in Broward and Miami-Dade counties, infants admitted to US intensive care units for RSV infection during the 2022 seasonal peak, long-term risk of death and readmission after hospital admission with COVID-19 among older adults, safety profile and clinical and virological outcomes of Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir treatment in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease and COVID-19, Fluvoxamine vs placebo for outpatients with symptomatic COVID-19, the effect of corticosteroids, antibiotics, and anticoagulants on the developme...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - August 19, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 1035: Poxvirus wars, warp speed COVID-19 vaccine rollout
TWiV dissects a study of COVID-19 vaccination which shows that the timing of initial rollout affects disease outcomes more substantially than final coverage or degree of socioeconomic disparity, and discovery of a novel cellular defense comprising a nuclease that is activated by poxvirus infection and cleaves a specific tRNA molecule to inhibit protein synthesis. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Alan Dove, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server MicrobeTV store at Cafepress Research assistant ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - August 13, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 1034: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the immunogenicity, safety, and preliminary efficacy evaluation of OVX836, a nucleoprotein-based universal influenza A vaccine candidate, association between nose picking and SARS-CoV-2 incidence, a cohort study in hospital health care workers; effect of COVID-19 vaccination and booster on maternal-fetal outcomes, dynamics of inflammatory responses after SARS-CoV-2 infection by vaccination status in the USA, does monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19 impact short and long- term outcomes in a large generalizable population, persistent endothelial dysfunction in post-...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - August 12, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 1030: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the use of RSV vaccines in older adults: recommendations of the advisory committee on immunization practices, case report of leprosy in Central Florida, blood group A enhances SARS-CoV-2 infection, predicting COVID-19 incidence using wastewater surveillance data, a common allele of HLA associated with asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, prevalence of low-frequency, antiviral resistance variants in SARS-CoV-2 isolates in Ontario, Canada, viral resistance analyses from the Remdesivir phase 3 adaptive COVID-19 treatment trial-1, impact of Molnupiravir treatment on patient-r...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - July 29, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: VIncent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 1027: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in free-ranging white-tailed deer in the United States, Omicron subvariant BA.5 efficiently infects lung cells, COVID-19 scent dog research highlights and synthesis during the pandemic of December 2019, T-Cell Immunity against SARS-CoV-2 measured by an interferon-γ release assay is strongly associated with patient outcomes in vaccinated persons hospitalized with Delta or Omicron variants, a common allele of HLA is associated with asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, and the immunology of long COVID. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Googl...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - July 22, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 1026: Debunking RFK Jr. ’s vaccine funk with Dan Wilson
Dan Wilson returns to TWiV to debunk vaccine misinformation by RFK Jr. during his recent appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Guest: Dan Wilson Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Joe Rogan’s worst misinformation yet, with RFK Jr. (YouTube) Every first vaccine has been tested in placebo-controlled trials before going to market. Polio Measles HPV COVID-19 HepB Haemophilus influenzae B Pertussis Diphtheria Tetanu...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - July 16, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 1024: The Chumakoviridae
Vincent speaks with Kostya Chumakov about his career: raised by two virology parents in Moscow, trained in virology by Vadim Agol, then moving to the US FDA where he developed a molecular test for measuring production consistency of oral poliovirus vaccine. Host: Vincent Racaniello Guest: Kostya Chumakov Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Mikhail Chumakov (Wikipedia) MAPREC (WHO pdf) Kostya Chumakov Symposium (YouTube) Maprec and monkey neurovirulence of OPV (PNAS) Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Intro music is b...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - July 14, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 1023: Covering science with Katherine Wu
Katherine joins TWiV to discuss her career in science writing, from not liking science at all, to a PhD in microbiology and immunology, and writing for Nova, the NY Times, and The Atlantic, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted her craft. Host: Vincent Racaniello, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Guest: Katherine Wu Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server All Katherine’s articles at The Atlantic Vaccines still blocking severe disease (The Atlantic) Calling Omicron mild is wishful thinking (The Atlantic) Ta...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - July 9, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 1022: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses autochthonous leprosy in the United States, a systematic review to identify novel clinical characteristics of Mpox virus infection and therapeutic and preventive strategies to combat the virus, two-year duration of immunity of inactivated poliovirus vaccine, evaluation of novel oral polio vaccine type 2 SIA impact in a large outbreak of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus in Nigeria, performance of rapid antigen tests to detect symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection, effectiveness of the COVID-19 bivalent vaccine, oral Nirmatrelvir and Ritonavir for COVID-1...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - July 8, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts