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This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

This Week in Virology is a netcast about viruses - the kind that make you sick.

science & medicine medicine

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01:35:04

TWiV 1155: Spillover in stall A

This Week in Virology ·

2024/10/06

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 Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Review confirms mask effectiveness (original

39:27

TWiV 1154: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

This Week in Virology ·

2024/10/05

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

01:44:18

TWiV 1151: Hotel California for Phage

This Week in Virology ·

2024/09/22

TWiV reviews polio vaccination campaign in Gaza, viruses with zoonotic potential in farmed fur animals, low HPV vaccination in North Texas associated with high rates of cervical cancer, a large flavivirus genome that does not encode error correction machinery, and antiphage defense through inhibition of virion assembly. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Jolene Ramsey Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this

47:35

TWiV 1150: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

This Week in Virology ·

2024/09/21

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin dives into West Nile virus in New Jersey, poliovirus vaccination campaign in Gaza and Afghanistan, California dengue virus infections, children dying from flu, mpox vaccination procurement and antiviral usage, flu circulation in US, before reviewing the recent statistics on SARS-CoV-2 infection, finding a new wasterwater dashboard, if the monovalent XBB.1.5 COVID-19 vaccine is effective against circulating SARS-CoV-2 isolates, the need for nasal mucosal IgA

01:46:27

TWiV 1147: Breastmilk paradox for norovirus

This Week in Virology ·

2024/09/08

TWiV reviews multi-country outbreak of Mpox, first face covering ban in Nassau County NY, case of polio in India, more in US accept vaccine misinformation, other wartime diseases in Gaza besides polio, a new scientist run virus genome database, Mpox epidemiology and vaccine effectiveness in England, and metabolic immaturity and breastmilk bile acid metabolites determine heightened newborn vulnerability to norovirus diarrhea. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker Subscribe

01:47:55

TWiV 1143: SARS-CoV-2 gone wild, with a side of rice

This Week in Virology ·

2024/08/25

TWiV discusses WHO declaration of Mpox as a public health emergency of international concern, Sweden reports first case of clade 1b outside of Africa, can household pets be productively infected with monkeypox virus, widespread exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in wildlife communities, and modulation of plant defenses by insect salivary GAPDH benefits viral transmission. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google

51:50

TWiV 1142: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

This Week in Virology ·

2024/08/24

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses global transmission of mpox, the different clades of the virus and associated pathogenesis, vaccination vs antiviral therapy against mpox and the US’s aid response for controlling the African outbreak before reviewing the recent statistics on SARS-CoV-2 infection, authorization and approval of updated COVID vaccines, the economic benefit of an annual COVID vaccine and if the first updated vaccines against XBB.1.5 were effective, where to find

01:43:26

TWiV 1141: Being green with the Red Queen

This Week in Virology ·

2024/08/18

TWiV discusses the spread of monkeypox virus clade 1b in Africa, COVID drops to tenth leading cause of death in the US, response to detection of poliovirus in Gaza, mechanism of MIS-C after SARS-CoV-2 infection, neonatal Fc receptor is a pan-arterivirus receptor, and antiviral immunity in plants mediated by protein arginine methyltransferase 6. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become

54:45

TWiV 1140: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

This Week in Virology ·

2024/08/17

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the harms of perpetuating the lab leak hypothesis and the recent ACIP recommendations for the RSV vaccine for those individuals over 60, before reviewing the recent statistics on SARS-CoV-2 infection, treatment guidelines for the different phases of COVID, including vaccines, Pemgarda, early treatment with Paxlovid, remdesivir and molnupiravir, steroids at the right time, anticoagulation support, immune modulation in some cases, and a

46:59

TWiV 1139: Long COVID with Dr. Judith Bruchfeld

This Week in Virology ·

2024/08/11

Vincent travels to the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm on 31 May 2024 to meet with Dr. Judith Bruchfeld and discuss her research on the etiology and treatment of Long COVID. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello Guest: Judith Bruchfeld Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Immune system perturbations in Long COVID (J Immunol) Post-COVID immune system perturbations (J Immunol) Systems disregulation in Long COVID

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TWiV 1138: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

This Week in Virology ·

2024/08/10

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TWiV 1134: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

This Week in Virology ·

2024/07/27

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses Merck’s RSV preventative monoclonal antibody Clesrovimab before reviewing the recent statistics on SARS-CoV-2 infection, if previous SARS-COV-2 infections predict the outcome of subsequent infections, if using COVID rapid diagnostic tests is cost effective, if the protein based vaccine NVX-CoV2327 elicits a durable immune response, if combination treatment of vaccine and antiviral drugs effectively protect against hospitalization, where to find

01:36:12

TWiV 1125: Can pig flu viruses go viral?

This Week in Virology ·

2024/06/23

TWiV reviews criticism of NIAID monkeypox virus experiments by House Republicans, spread of wild poliovirus across Afghanistan and Pakistan, plan to overhaul NIH by House lawmakers, and the potential pandemic risk of circulating swine H1N2 influenza viruses. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Brianne Barker, and Angela Mingarelli Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server 2024 International HBV

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TWiV 1124: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

This Week in Virology ·

2024/06/22

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin reviews the recent statistics on SARS-CoV-2 infection, before discussing methods for sterilizing filtering facepieces, an update to the fall COVID boosters, the emergency use application of a pre-exposure prophylactic and where to find it and drug interaction database, convalescent plasma, the effectiveness of the monoclonal antibody sotrovimab against Omicron variants, what to do when healthcare workers succumb to SARS-CoV-2 infection, the need for better

55:22

TWiV Special: How the pandemic began in Nature, in 5...

This Week in Virology ·

2024/06/10

TWiV rebuts a recent opinion piece which falsely claims that the COVID-19 pandemic began in a lab (it began in Nature). This material has been extracted from TWiV 1121. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Brianne Barker, and Jolene Ramsey Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server SARS-CoV-2 origin discussions previously on TWiV: TWiV 1019: Eddie Holmes on SARS-CoV-2 origins TWiV 1017: From

01:51:44

TWiV 1121: SARS-CoV2 still didn't come from a lab

This Week in Virology ·

2024/06/09

TWiV rebuts a recent opinion piece which falsely claims that the COVID-19 pandemic began in a lab (it began in Nature), followed by a discussion of Paride bacteriophage, which has the unsual property of being able to kill dormant, antibiotic-tolerant cells by direct lytic replication. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Brianne Barker, and Jolene Ramsey Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord

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TWiV 1120: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

This Week in Virology ·

2024/06/07

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin reports the third case of influenza H5N1 infection in a human, this time with respiratory symptoms, an H5 avian influenza virus wastewater dashboard, FDA approves Moderna’s mRNA vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus, vaccine advisors to FDA recommend switching from the XBB.1.5 variant to JN.1 for fall COVID-19 vaccine formulations, weekly US COVID update, a controlled human exhaled breath aerosol experimental study on the relative efficacy of masks and

01:40:13

TWiV 1111: Taming of the flu

This Week in Virology ·

2024/05/05

TWiV reviews viruses in the news: Chinese scientist who released the SARS-CoV-2 genome sequence sleeps in the street, a case of measles in Haifa, spread of waterborne infectious diseases in Gaza, interstate spread of avian influenza A(H5N1) in dairy cattle, and an orangutan heals himself with medicinal plants, followed by identification of a cell receptor for parechoviruses, and blockade of necroptosis prevents lung injury in severe influenza. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Alan

51:43

TWiV 1110: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

This Week in Virology ·

2024/05/04

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin begins with discussing if the antibiotic neomycin is really a pan-antiviral countermeasure, then reviews the recent statistics on SARS-CoV-2 infection before deep diving into if shedding and the rapid antigen test results correlate, the guidelines for spring administration of COVID vaccines boosters, whether COVID booster associates with the long COVID prevalence, discusses the emergency use application of a pre-exposure prophylactic, revised guidelines for

01:39:22

TWiV 1109: A protein flew out and a bat flu in

This Week in Virology ·

2024/04/28

TWiV reviews avian H5N1 influenza virus in the US, measles at highest levels in England, positive selection underlies repeated knockout of ORF8 in SARS-CoV-2 evolution, and cross-species spill-over potential of the H9N2 bat influenza A virus. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Alan Dove Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server MicrobeTV store at Cafepress Become a member of ASV (asv.org)

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