This Week in Virology

By Vincent Racaniello

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

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TWiV 1013: Bird flu around ...

06.04.2023

TWiV reviews remarkable changes in the epidemiology of avian H5N1 influenza virus leading to previously uninfected areas, involvement of previously unaffected wild birds, and devastating outbreaks in farmed poultry, and isolation of a monoclonal antibody against the influenza virus neuraminidase ...

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06.04.2023 TWiV 1013: Bird flu around the world TWiV reviews remarkable changes in the epidemiology of avian H5N1 influenza virus leading to previously uninfected areas, involvement of previously unaffected wild birds, and devastating outbreaks in farmed poultry, and isolation of a monoclonal antibody against the influenza virus neuraminidase ...
06.03.2023 TWiV 1012: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the potential for recurrent Mpox outbreaks among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men, association between SARS-CoV-2 variants and frequency of acute symptoms, prospective study of key correlates for ...
05.28.2023 TWiV 1011: Aquatic viruses Vincent travels to Québec City, Canada and the 11th Aquatic Virus Workshop, where he speaks with Fred Aylward and Jed Furman about the research of their laboratories on the ecology and evolution of aquatic viruses and their microbial communities. Host: ...
05.27.2023 TWiV 1010: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the CDC HIV surveillance report, FDA voted in favor of approving the Abrysvo vaccine, canine olfactory detection of SARS-CoV-2-infected humans, safety of the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 5 to 17 ...
05.21.2023 TWiV 1009: Nidovirus on the water Vincent travels to Montreux, Switzerland and the 16th International Nidovirus Symposium, where he speaks with Maria von Kerkhove, the face of COVID-19 for the World Health Organization, and Kanta Subbarao, Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Influenza in Melbourne. ...
05.20.2023 TWiV 1008: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses variant specific clinical performance of a SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen test with focus on omicron VOC, ventilation in buildings, COVID-19 mortality among selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor users, risk of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 ...
05.14.2023 TWiV 1007: Fragile DNA, viruses, cancer TWiV explains genetic changes in nOPV2 strains that paralyzed children, outbreak of raccoon distemper in Toronto, EcoHealth Alliance gets its NIH grant back, and breakage at chromosomal fragile sites caused by the EBNA1 protein of Epstein-Barr virus as a mechanism ...
05.13.2023 TWiV 1006: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses immunogenicity and tolerability of a bivalent virus-like particle norovirus vaccine candidate in children from 6 months up to 4 years of age, influenza hemagglutinin stem nanoparticle vaccine induces cross-group 1 neutralizing antibodies ...
05.07.2023 TWiV 1005: COVID T vax and a virus from the blue TWiV reveals plankton-infecting relatives of herpesviruses in the sunlit oceans, and a vaccine encoding non-spike T cell antigens that protects animals from severe SARS-CoV-2 infection. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google ...
05.06.2023 TWiV 1004: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approving Arexvy: the first respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine approved for use in the United State, association between SARS-CoV-2 and metagenomic content of samples from the ...
04.30.2023 TWiV 1003: Going clinically viral Vincent and Kathy travel to Atlanta for APHL ID Lab Con, a conference focused on the latest developments in detection and characterization of infectious diseases of public health concern, and speak with Megan, Ryan, and Kirsten about the workings of ...
04.29.2023 TWiV 1002: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses completeness and spin of medRxiv preprints and associated published abstracts of COVID-19 randomized clinical trials, lessons learned from a COVID-19 dog screening pilot in California K-12 schools, SARS-CoV-2 reinfection and severity of ...
04.23.2023 TWiV 1001: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses an update on vaccine-derived poliovirus outbreaks, how the dream of wiping out polio might need a rethink, risk of death in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 vs seasonal Influenza in fall-winter, French Mpox ...
04.23.2023 TWiV 1000: Live from New York, 1k epitopes of virology The entire TWiV team gathers at a theatre in New York City to celebrate a milestone in science podcasting, to reminisce how they joined the show, and to play a game of TWiV Jeopardy. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan ...
04.09.2023 TWiV 999: Vaccinated to the nines TWiV notes Ashish Jha’s call for doctors to combat a vacuum of medical information while ignoring our contributions, China CDC’s surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 at the Huanan Seafood Market, and an experimental infectious attenuated COVID-19 vaccine that elicits superior mucosal and ...
04.08.2023 TWiV 998: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the White House COVID adviser calling on doctors to combat a vacuum of medical information, adeno-associated virus type 2 in US children with acute severe hepatitis, genomic investigations of unexplained acute hepatitis ...
04.02.2023 TWiV 997: Inside Omicron with Mohsan Saeed Mohsan joins TWiV to discuss the work of his laboratory showing that spike and nsp6 are determinants of Omicron attenuation, and why the work was widely misinterpreted by the press and the public. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich ...
04.01.2023 TWiV 996: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses how antibiotics don’t reduce risk of death from viral respiratory infections, norovirus infections continue to rise in the US, ABO blood types and SARS-CoV-2 infection assessed using seroprevalence data in a large ...
03.26.2023 TWiV 995: Viral origin stories TWiV discusses genetic evidence of susceptible wildlife in SARS-CoV-2 positive samples at the Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market, polio cases in African linked to a new polio vaccine that was designed to not cause the disease, and structural conservation of hepatitis ...
03.25.2023 TWiV 994: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses the detection of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the novel oral polio vaccine type 2 story, prior COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk ...
03.19.2023 TWiV 993: COVID-19 drives autoimmunity TWiV reveals how treatment with remdesivir for COVID-19 resolved a chronic poliovirus infection in an immunocompromised patient, and the finding that infection with SARS-CoV-2 leads to an increase in new and preexisting autoantibodies. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, ...
03.18.2023 TWiV 992: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses clearance of longstanding, immune-deficiency-associated, vaccine-derived poliovirus infection following remdesivir therapy for chronic SARS-CoV-2 infection, SARS-CoV-2 exposure in New York City rats, clinical characteristics and outcomes of children with SARS-CoV-2 infection during the ...
03.12.2023 TWiV 991: The cancer mRNA shot On this episode of TWiV, the observation that the 1918 influenza virus is not lethal in nonhuman primates and implications for studies on viral virulence, and mRNA vaccines that control and resolve human papillomavirus-associated cancers in mice. Subscribe (free): Apple ...
03.11.2023 TWiV 990: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses confronting the evolution and expansion of anti-vaccine activism in the USA in the COVID-19 era, the effectiveness of maternal Influenza vaccination in Peru, characteristics and predictors of persistent symptoms post-COVID-19 in children ...
03.05.2023 TWiV 989: Antibody cross-reactivity is metal TWiV to explains a study on presence of COVID-19 vaccine mRNA in the blood, and the isolation of cross-protective monoclonal antibodies against common endemic respiratory viruses. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links ...
03.04.2023 TWiV 988: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses FDA authorizing the first over-the-counter at-home test to detect both influenza and COVID-19, monoclonal antibody for the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infection in infants and children, epidemiologic characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 recombinant ...
02.26.2023 TWiV 987: Convalescing with Casadevall Arturo Casadevall returns to TWiV to explain the use of convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19 patients, and the need to support virology at a time when more regulation of experiments is envisioned. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit ...
02.25.2023 TWiV 986: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses the efficacy and safety of two RSV vaccines in older adults, health care vaccine mandate remains as some push for an end, past SARS-CoV-2 infection protection against re-infection, a third vaccine dose ...
02.19.2023 TWiV 985: Bambi's revenge TWiV reviews an outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever in Equatorial Guinea, wild poliovirus type 3 shedding from a laboratory in the Netherlands, and white-tailed deer as a reservoir for previous SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and ...
02.18.2023 TWiV 984: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses the political polarization of COVID-19 treatments among physicians and laypeople in the United States, seven alternatives to evidence-based medicine, Malawi’s cholera death toll crosses 1,300 in its deadliest outbreak on record, impact ...
02.12.2023 TWiV 983: One flu vaccine for them all with Scott Hensley Scott returns to TWiV to explain the development of an experimental mRNA vaccine that encodes hemagglutinin antigens against all known influenza A virus subtypes and influenza B virus lineages, and why he is worried about avian H5N1 influenza virus. Hosts: ...
02.11.2023 TWiV 982: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses the consistency of COVID-19 trial preprints with published reports and impact for decision making, the negative effect of preexisting immunity on Influenza vaccine responses transcends the impact of vaccine formulation type and ...
02.05.2023 TWiV 981: Tastes like chikungunya TWiV explains the recent meeting of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) where stricter guidelines for research involving human, animal, and plant pathogens were considered, and how the consumption of viruses by small protists returns energy to food ...
02.04.2023 TWiV 908: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses prevalence and clinical outcomes of respiratory syncytial virus versus influenza virus in adults hospitalized with acute respiratory Illness, reconsideration of antinucleocapsid IgG antibody as a marker of SARS-CoV-2 infection postvaccination for mild ...
02.03.2023 TWiV Special: One COVID vaccine for them all with Paul Offit Paul Offit returns to TWiV to unpack the recent FDA Advisory Panel on COVID vaccines, with discussions on giving everyone the same bivalent vaccine, simplifying the immunization schedule, and how to know when the vaccine should be updated. Hosts: Vincent ...
01.29.2023 TWiV 979: Flushing out the viroids TWiV gives an update on poliovirus in wastewater, and reveals a vast world of viroids that infect a wide range of host species in diverse ecosystems. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, ...
01.28.2023 TWiV 978: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses co-detections of other respiratory viruses among children hospitalized with COVID-19, preprint review should form part of PhD programs and postdoc training, early and increased Influenza activity among children, COVID-19 vaccines versus pediatric ...
01.22.2023 TWiV 977: Ageing is infectious TWiV covers a study of SARS-CoV-2 persistence at multiple sites in the human body, and the role of endogenous retroviruses in ageing and senescence. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Brianne Barker, and Angela Mingarelli Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, ...
01.21.2023 TWiV 976: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses China reporting almost 60,000 Covid-related deaths after abrupt shift in policy, detection of SARS-CoV-2 IgA and IgG in human milk and breastfeeding infant stool 6 months after maternal COVID-19 vaccination, effect of ...
01.15.2023 TWiV 975: Crossing the Ts with Daniela Weiskopf Daniela joins TWiV to discuss her career and her research on T cells, their role in infection with SARS-CoV-2, T cell epitopes and why a variant that evades T cell immunity is not likely to emerge. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan ...
01.14.2023 TWiV 974: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses poliovirus returns to New York wastewater, COVID-19 is more widespread in animals than we thought, increasing ventilation reduces SARS-CoV-2 airborne transmission in schools, the use of carbon dioxide monitoring to assess ventilation ...
01.08.2023 TWiV 973: Crouching virus, hidden triggers with Felicia Goodrum Felicia joins TWiV to discuss her career and her research on human cytomegalovirus, which infects most of us for our entire lives yet mainly causes disease in the immunosuppressed. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Brianne Barker Guest: Felicia Goodrum ...
01.07.2023 TWiV 972: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses the infectiousness of SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections and reinfections during the Omicron wave, virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 XBB variant derived from recombination of two Omicron subvariants, antibody evasion properties of rising SARS-CoV-2 ...
01.01.2023 TWiV 971: Another year is viral In the first epitope of 2023, TWiV reviews our coverage of virology in 2022, including favorite story arcs, episodes, show titles, and much more. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, ...
12.31.2022 TWiV 970: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses modelling the adjustment of COVID-19 response and exit from dynamic zero-COVID in China, canine real-time detection of SARS-CoV-2 infections in the context of a mass screening event, two masks can be worse ...
12.28.2022 TWiV 969: Carl Zimmer on COVID-19 Carl Zimmer visits the Incubator to record a wide-ranging conversation about COVID-19, including origins, vaccines, public health responses, and impact on society. Host: Vincent Racaniello Guest: Carl Zimmer Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of ...
12.25.2022 TWiV 968: A spillover waiting in the wings TWiV reviews eukaryotic viruses recovered from ancient permafrost, a mistake made by scientists on Omicron origins, and close relatives of MERS-CoV from bats that bind ACE2 for entry into cells. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and ...
12.24.2022 TWiV 967: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses how immunological dysfunction persists for 8 months following initial mild-to-moderate SARS-CoV-2 infection, prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza coinfection and clinical characteristics among children and adolescents aged Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, ...
12.23.2022 TWiV 966: 1918 influenza with Jeffery Taubenberger Vincent travels to the NIH campus to speak with Jeffery Taubenberger about his career, the 1918 influenza pandemic, deciphering the genome sequence of the virus from tissues of disease victims and using it to rescue infectious virus. Host: Vincent Racaniello ...
12.18.2022 TWiV 965: Asking Esper Kallas for some I.D. Brazilian infectious diseases physician Esper Kallas returns to TWiV to discuss the state of viral diseases in his country, including those cause by Zika, dengue, and yellow fever viruses, MPOX, and SARS-CoV-2. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Alan Dove Guest: Esper ...

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This Week in Virology episodes:

TWiV 1013: Bird flu around the world

TWiV 1012: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

TWiV 1011: Aquatic viruses

TWiV 1010: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

TWiV 1009: Nidovirus on the water

TWiV 1008: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

TWiV 1007: Fragile DNA, viruses, cancer

TWiV 1006: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

TWiV 1005: COVID T vax and a virus from the blue

TWiV 1004: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

TWiV 1003: Going clinically viral

TWiV 1002: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

TWiV 1001: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

TWiV 1000: Live from New York, 1k epitopes of virology

TWiV 999: Vaccinated to the nines

TWiV 998: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

TWiV 997: Inside Omicron with Mohsan Saeed

TWiV 996: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

TWiV 995: Viral origin stories

TWiV 994: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

TWiV 993: COVID-19 drives autoimmunity

TWiV 992: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

TWiV 991: The cancer mRNA shot

TWiV 990: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

TWiV 989: Antibody cross-reactivity is metal

TWiV 988: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

TWiV 987: Convalescing with Casadevall

TWiV 986: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

TWiV 985: Bambi's revenge

TWiV 984: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

TWiV 983: One flu vaccine for them all with Scott Hensley

TWiV 982: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

TWiV 981: Tastes like chikungunya

TWiV 908: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

TWiV Special: One COVID vaccine for them all with Paul Offit

TWiV 979: Flushing out the viroids

TWiV 978: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

TWiV 977: Ageing is infectious

TWiV 976: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

TWiV 975: Crossing the Ts with Daniela Weiskopf

TWiV 974: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

TWiV 973: Crouching virus, hidden triggers with Felicia Goodrum

TWiV 972: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

TWiV 971: Another year is viral

TWiV 970: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

TWiV 969: Carl Zimmer on COVID-19

TWiV 968: A spillover waiting in the wings

TWiV 967: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

TWiV 966: 1918 influenza with Jeffery Taubenberger

TWiV 965: Asking Esper Kallas for some I.D.

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