Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Rich consider the end of the influenza H1N1 pandemic, dengue in Florida, vaccinia virus infection in Brazilian monkeys, and viruses in the faecal microbiota. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download TWiV #95 (68 MB .mp3, 94 minutes) Subscribe to TWiV (free) [...]
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Rich Condit Vincent and Rich talk about how thymic selection of T cells might lead to better control of HIV-1 infection, and a mouse model for severe antibody-induced dengue virus disease. This episode is sponsored by Data Robotics Inc. Use the promotion code TWIVPOD to receive $75-$500 off a Drobo. Win [...]
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Vincent, Alan, and Rich discuss ten compelling virology stories of 2009. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download TWiV #64 (68 MB .mp3, 94 minutes) Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed, or by email. Ten virology stories [...]
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dick muse about the symbiotic bacterium, Wolbachia, that protects flies from viral infection, the origin of 2009 influenza H1N1 virus, and the lure of original antigenic sin. Sponsor: Try GotoMyPC free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomypc.com/podcast [Audio clip: view full post to listen] [...]
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, and Joshua Stillman Vincent, Dick, and Alan are joined by emergency medicine physician Dr. Joshua Stillman to talk about passive antibody therapy for Nipah infection in ferrets, annual influenza immunization of children, facemasks to prevent influenza, predicting dengue outbreaks by the weather, and the amazing viral communities in [...]
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, and Alan Dove Vincent, Dick, and Alan talk about insect and human dengue virus host proteins, equine vaccine for WNV and EEEV, return of swine flu to humans, spread of polio in Africa, and listener email. Sponsor: Try GotoMyPC free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomypc.com/podcast [Audio [...]
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, and Max Gottesman Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Max Gottesman discuss an unusual wasp-virus symbiosis, influenza transmission and absolute humidity, how mosquitoes survive Dengue virus infection, and viruses of bacteria. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Unusual wasp-virus symbiosis Absolute humidity modulates influenza virus transmission, survival, and seasonality How [...]
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Article on the mortgage crisis and West Nile virus in Emerging Infectious Diseases. Environment-oriented review of Dengue. Dengue page at the World Health Organization. Download TWiV #3 (19.6 MB .mp3 file) Episode transcript (download pdf) Subscribe to TWiV in iTunes or by [...]
