Category Archives: TWiV

Connor joins the TWiV team to discuss bats as hosts for major mammalian paramyxoviruses. Links for this episode: NIH response to Osterholm letter (pdf) Who’s afraid of the big, bad bioterrorist? Bats host major mammalian paramyxoviruses (Nature Comm) TWiV on Facebook Letters read on TWiV … Continue reading →

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Alan Dove, and Michael J. Imperiale Michael joins the TWiV crew to discuss the recently published influenza H5N1 transmission paper and how it was viewed by the NSABB. Links for this episode: About the NSABB The Kawaoka paper (Nature) Mutant flu paper published … Continue reading →

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Vincent, Rich, and Kathy discuss Cotia virus, a new poxvirus, Orf virus infections associated with handling goats and lamb, and the innate immune response to prions. Links for this episode: Cotia virus (J Virol) Human Orf virus … Continue reading →

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Vincent, Alan, and Rich review association of an interferon-induced protein with severe influenza, and stabilization of HCV RNA by a microRNA. Links for this episode: IFITM3 and severe influenza (Nature) Genetics of flu susceptibiligy (EurekAlert!) Stabilization of HCV RNA … Continue reading →

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Gertrud Radu Gertrud joins the TWiVoners to review how dengue virus infection of mosquitoes alters blood feeding behavior, and gene therapy as practiced by parasitoid wasps. Links for this episode: Renato Dulbecco, 1914-2012 (virology … Continue reading →

The TWiValians meet up with Tyler Sharp for a discussion on the Epidemic Intelligence Service and controlling dengue. Links for this episode: 2010 dengue epidemic in Puerto Rico Marshall Islands dengue outbreak (one and two) Photo of Tyler by Loren Rodgers TWiV shout-out by NPR and CIDRAP NSABB reverses … Continue reading →

A discussion of avian influenza H5N1 transmission experiments in ferrets and novel bunyaviruses at the 2012 Spring Conference of the Society for General Microbiology in Dublin, Ireland. Links for this episode: Restricted data on H5N1 transmission (Science) Novel bunyavirus in China … Continue reading →

Vincent, Alan, and Rich answer listener email about MS, CFS, EBV, B cells, virii, influenza B, scientific papers, and more. Links for this episode: More than one way to skin a virus (comments) Aerobie aeropress Papers software Vaccinia movies (one and two) Lloyd … Continue reading →

Vincent, Alan, and Matt discuss herpes simplex encephalitis in children with innate immune deficiency, and the local response to microneedle-based influenza skin immunization. Links for this episode: Herpes encephalitis in children with TRIF deficiency (J Clin Inv) Toll-like receptor and cytosolic pattern recognition receptors Skin … Continue reading →

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Vincent, Alan, and Rich consider whether pet dogs might transmit human noroviruses, and an RNA virus microRNA that might be involved in oncogenesis. Links for this episode: Do pet dogs transmit human norovirus? (J Clin Virol) … Continue reading →