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 1177: Going to school for flu

    TWiV 1177: Going to school for flu
    Dec 22 2024

    At the School for Influenza in Brisbane, TWiV speaks with Kirsty, Erik and Rebecca about their careers and their research.

    Host: Vincent Racaniello

    Guests: Kirsty Short, Erik Karlsson, and Rebecca Cox

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    • Support science education at MicrobeTV
    • Diabetes, obesity, and COVID-19 severity (Diab Care)
    • Rice farming and zoonosis in Cambodia (One Health)
    • Influenza correlates of protection (mBio)
    • 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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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • TWiV 1176: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

    TWiV 1176: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
    Dec 21 2024
    In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin continues his discussion of whether the mysterious respiratory illness in the Congo is malaria, and in conjunction with your host Vincent Racaniello discusses how routine childhood immunizations especially that against poliovirus are threatened by Robert F Kennedy Jr and Aaron Siri, the origin of the SAR-CoV-2 virus and retraction of Didier Raoult’s research, then returns to discussing the first case of severe disease following H5N1 infection in humans and the state of California’s “bird flu emergency”, the benefit of the measles vaccine, before reviewing the recent statistics on SARS-CoV-2 infection, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, how vaccination reduced hospitalization of children between 5-17 years, the ACIP recommendation for the immunocompromised, where to find PEMGARDA, information for Columbia Unversity Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, long COVID in cancer patients and the physical malaises of long COVID. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Mystery disease in DRC kills mostly children (ALJAZEERA)Malaria—mysterious disease in DRC? (ALJAZEERA) Mysterious disease in DRC is severe malaria (ALJAZEERA)Confirmed first severe human H5N1 case (CIDRAP)California declares bird flu emergency (Reuters)RFK’s lawyer asks FDA to revoke approval of the polio vaccine (NY Times)NO WAY! Vaccination promotes survival and health? (LANCET) 10.6 million cases of measles this year alone! (WHO) 20% rise in measles…..(NY Times)No Sars-CoV-2 relatives in Shi Zhengli’s freezers (Nature)Controversial COVID study that promoted unproven treatment retracted after four-year saga (Nature)Influenza weekly surveillance report: clift notes (CDC FluView)Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection)US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)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) BNT162b2 XBB Vaccine for COVID-19 Among Children 5-17 Years ofAge (JAMA Network) ACIP recommendations for those over 65 years and those under 6 months who are immunocompromised (CDC MMWR)Where to get pemgarda (Pemgarda) EUA for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD)Fusion center near you….if in NY (Prime Fusions) 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)Daniel Griffin’s evidence based medical practices for long COVID (OFID)Long COVID hotline (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center)Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 in cancer patients: Two cohorts in UK and Hong Kong(Cancer Medicine)Skeletal muscle adaptations and post-exertional malaise in long COVID (Cell: Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism)Letters read on TWiV 1176Dr. 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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    48 mins
  • TWiV 1175: A hitchiker's guide to virology

    TWiV 1175: A hitchiker's guide to virology
    Dec 15 2024

    TWiV reviews the appearance of poliovirus in Europe, mystery disease in DRC, global burden of Chikungunya, viruses of parasitic nematodes that induce antibody responses in vertebrate hosts, and picobirnaviruses, do they infect eukaryotes or prokaryotes?

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Jolene Ramsey

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    • ASV 2025
    • Write your senators about RFK Jr
    • Support science education at MicrobeTV
    • Poliovirus in Europe (WHO)
    • DRC mystery disease (Reuters)
    • Global burden of chikungunya (BMJ Global Health)
    • RNA viruses of parasitic nematodes (Nat Micro)
    • Picobirnaviruses encode bacterial lysins (PNAS)
    • Prokaryotic ribosome binding site in picobirnavirus genome (Virology)
    • Letters read on TWiV 1175
    • Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
    Weekly Picks

    Alan – Sondehub and radiosonde hunting
    Jolene – Book “10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People” By David Yeager
    Vincent – Dr. Vinay Prasad “Sabotaging RFK Jr’s Confirmation Will Increase Vaccine Hesitancy” & “Doctors Criticizing RFK Jr. Paved the Way for His Ascendancy”

    Listener Picks

    Syl – Foldscope
    Jennifer – minutiae

    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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