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This Week in Virology

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 Biological Sciences Nature & Ecology Science
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  • TWiV 1259: Capricious flu and a tickborne clue

    TWiV 1259: Capricious flu and a tickborne clue
    Oct 5 2025

    TWiV reviews experiments to understand infection, pathogenesis, and transmission of avian H5N1 influenza virus in goats, and identification of a cellular receptor for tick-borne encephalitis virus.

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Brianne Barker

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    Links for this episode
    • Support science education at MicrobeTV
    • Public trust in science (Nature)
    • Culling of H5N1 ostriches in Canada (Science)
    • H5N1 in goats (Cell Rep)
    • Receptor for tick-borne encephalitis virus (Nature)
    • Letters read on TWiV 1259
    • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
    Weekly Picks

    Brianne – Astronomers find clues suggesting Planet Y
    Alan – A tower of worms wriggles like a single organism
    Vincent – The EPA Is Ending Greenhouse Gas Data Collection. Who Will Step Up to Fill the Gap?

    Listener Picks

    Jay – Who Killed the Electric Car
    Douglas – Measles and Polio Down in the Schoolyard – Marsh Family parody

    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 44 mins
  • TWiV 1258: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

    TWiV 1258: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
    Oct 4 2025
    In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello chat about the ongoing Ebola outbreak in DRC, increases in screwworm diagnoses, a pertussis death in Mississippi before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics on the measles epidemic, RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the Wasterwater Scan dashboard, Johns Hopkins measles tracker, monoclonal antibody therapy against RSV, where to find PEMGARDA, long COVID treatment center, where to go for answers to your long COVID questions, olfactory dysfunction following SARS-CoV-2 infection and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Ebola Disease (WHO: African Region)Mexico sees 32% jump in flesh-eating screwworm cases since August as cases move north (Reuters)Pediatric Pertussis Death Reported (Mississippi State Department of Health) Wastewater for measles (WasterWater Scan)Measles cases and outbreaks (CDC Rubeola)Tracking Measles Cases in the U.S. (Johns Hopkins)Measles vaccine recommendations from NYP (jpg)Weekly measles and rubella monitoring (Government of Canada)Measles (WHO)Get the FACTS about measles (NY State Department of Health) Measles (CDC Measles (Rubeola))Measles vaccine (CDC Measles (Rubeola)) Presumptive evidence of measles immunity (CDC) Contraindications and precautions to measles vaccination (CDC) Measles (CDC Measles (Rubeola))Measles (CDC: Measles Rubeola)Adverse events associated with childhood vaccines: evidence bearing on causality (NLM)Measles Vaccination: Know the Facts(ISDA: Infectious Diseases Society of America)Deaths following vaccination: what does the evidence show (Vaccine)Influenza: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)Respiratory virus activity levels (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)Weekly surveillance report: cliff notes (CDC FluView)Influenza-Associated Pediatric Deaths — United States, 2024–25 Influenza Season (CDC: MMWR)ACIP Recommendations Summary (CDC: Influenza)Influenza Vaccine Composition for the 2025-2026 U.S. Influenza Season(FDA)RSV: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection)Nirsevimab Administration and RSV Hospitalization in the 2024-2025 Season (JAMA: Open Network)Vaccines for Adults (CDC: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV)) Economic Analysis of Protein Subunit and mRNA RSV Vaccination in Adults aged 50-59 Years (CDC: ACIP)Evidence to Recommendations Framework (EtR): RSV Vaccination in Adults Aged 50–59 years (CDC: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases) Efficacy and safety of respiratory syncytial virus vaccines (Cochrane Library)Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)COVID-19 deaths (CDC)Respiratory Illnesses Data Channel (CDC: Respiratory Illnesses)COVID-19 national and regional trends (CDC)COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC)SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore (Nextstrain)Antigenic and Virological Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Variant BA.3.2, XFG, and NB.1.8.1 (bioRxiV)Where to get pemgarda (Pemgarda) EUA for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD)Infusion center (Prime Fusions) CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH)Drug interaction checker (University of Liverpool) Infectious Disease Society guidelines for treatment and management (ID Society)Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (ID Society)What to do when sick with a respiratory virus (CDC)Managing healthcare staffing shortages (CDC) Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)Daniel Griffin’s evidence based medical practices for long COVID (OFID)Long COVID hotline (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center)The answers: Long COVID Olfactory Dysfunction After SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the RECOVER Adult Cohort (JAMA: Open Network)Reaching out to US house representativeLetters read on TWiV 1258Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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    44 mins
  • TWiV Special: Searching plane poop for viruses

    TWiV Special: Searching plane poop for viruses
    Oct 1 2025

    From ESCV 2025, Vincent speaks with Elke Wollants about a project to identify SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses in toilet waste from airplanes.

    Host: Vincent Racaniello

    Guest: Elke Wollants

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    Links for this episode
    • Support science education at MicrobeTV
    • Laboratory for Clinical and Epidemiological Virology (KU Leuven)
    • Virologists in Greece (TWiV 1255 from ESCV)
    • Airplane wastewater surveillance for pathogens (SSRN)
    • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. 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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    29 mins
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