This Week in Virology

By: Vincent Racaniello
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  • TWiV is a podcast about viruses - the kind that make you sick.
    Vincent Racaniello 2022
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  • TWiV 1155: Spillover in stall A

    TWiV 1155: Spillover in stall A
    Oct 6 2024

    TWiV reviews mask effectiveness against respiratory infections, EEE death in NY State, viruses with zoonotic potential in farmed fur animals, and genetic tracing of market wild life and viruses at the Huanan Seafood Market, the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

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    Links for this episode
    • MicrobeTV Discord Server
    • Review confirms mask effectiveness (original article)
    • EEE death in Ulster County NY (CBS News)
    • EEE on TWiV 1145
    • Viruses of farmed fur animals (Nature)
    • Tracing of wildlife and viruses at COVID-19 epicenter (Cell)
    • Letters read on TWiV 1155
    • Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
    Weekly Picks

    Rich – Immunize.org, Vaccineinformation.org, National Network of Immunization Coalitions
    Alan – Birdcast
    Vincent – A universal framework for inclusive 15-minute cities

    Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

    Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

    Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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    1 hr and 35 mins
  • TWiV 1154: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

    TWiV 1154: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
    Oct 5 2024
    In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda, the lack of immune durability following pertussis vaccination, recommendations for maternal vaccination and antibody therapy to protect against infant RSV, vaccine security for Mpox, before reviewing the recent statistics on SARS-CoV-2 infection, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, how to put on and take off PPE to avoid contamination, where to find PEMGARDA, a reminder of how and when to use steroids to treat COVID-19, what do when healthcare workers succumb to SARS-CoV-2 infection, the lack of immune durability elicited by mRNA vaccine and the finding of how SARS-CoV-2 infection impacts memory, cognition and reduces grey matter volume. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Rwanda: Marburg virus disease (WHO)Passport required?…..Marburg virus commutes to Germany (CIDRAP)Outbreak of whooping cough/pertussis…..no lifelong immunity following vaccination? (BloombergProtection of infants by maternal antibodies against RSV by either vaccination or nirsevimab (MMWR)WHO recommendations for RSV: maternal vaccination and antibody shot (Reuters) Ziresovir for RSV hospitalized infants (NEJM)Crawling to effective anti-RSV countermeasures (NEJM)The $800 million pledge for African mpox response (Reuters)COVID-19 deaths (CDC)COVID-19 national and regional trends (CDC)Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC)SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore (Nextstrain) Doffing your PPE– contact precautions (CID)mRNA vaccination does not elicit durable immune response (Nature Medicine) IDSA Guidelines on the Treatment and Management of Patients with COVID-19 (IDSA)Where to get pemgarda (Pemgarda) EUA for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD) CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH) Infectious Disease Society guidelines for treatment and management (ID Society)Drug interaction checker (University of Liverpool)Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (ID Society)What to do when sick with a respiratory virus (CDC)When your healthcare provider is infected/exposed with SARS-CoV-2 (CDC)Managing healthcare staffing shortages (CDC)Steroids,dexamethasone at the right time (OFID) Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)Mechanisms of long COVID and therapeutics (Cell)Post hospitalization cognitive deficits and grey matter reduction 1 year after COVID-19 (Nature Medicine)Letters read on TWiV 1154Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv
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    39 mins
  • TWiV 1153: Viruses that (can) make you well

    TWiV 1153: Viruses that (can) make you well
    Sep 29 2024

    From the Viruses of Microbes meeting in Cairns, Australia, TWiV speaks with Krystyna and Rob about their research on using bacteriophages to treat bacterial infections.

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Jolene Ramsey

    Guests: Krystyna Dabrowska and Rob Lavigne

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    Links for this episode
    • MicrobeTV Discord Server
    • Viruses of Microbes 2024
    • Immune responses to phages (Front Immunol)
    • Engineering bacteriolytic enzymes (Front Immunol)
    • 100 cases of phage therapy (Nat Micro)
    • Synthetic biology potential of bacteriophages (Nat Micro)
    • Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

    Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

    Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

    Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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Love it!

Science first and yet entertaining.
Wonderful gang full of knowledge and joy for related topics.

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Excellent Source

I found TWiV through the recommendation of another podcast. Like many I am a post covid follower and I have really appreciated TWiV as a source of current and accurate information. The clinical updates with Dr. Griffin are so useful . Dr Gritting uses language that I, a custodian i.e. not a science professional am able to understand. I find the clinical updates really ease my anxieties because finally I understand what is going on around me. Sometimes the other episodes I struggle to totally follow along but I always finish having learned something I didn't know before listening. Turns out virology and immunology is quite fascinating!

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Fun team

You need a background in Bio to enjoy this podcast, but if you are on the in you should have a great time.

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Very good science podcast!

The content is really good and always interesting with many great guests. Good job guys!

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A good thing from the pandemic years

I discovered TWiV during 2020 due to the desire for more accurate and unbiased information about the viruses and then stayed for the good and interesting science. I never liked biology before but have found the discussions to be reasons to get interested in not only virology but biology, microbiology, even medicine. Although I don’t understand all the science, to hear the unfamiliar multiple times made them less intimidating and I feel like I am sitting in the same room as the host and guest scientists week after week when different topics are being discussed. The weekly clinical updates are also keeping me well informed about the viruses that we should be aware of in a timely way. Love this podcast and many sister podcasts from microbe.tv

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