TWiV 58: Nipah virus in ferrets

Vincent Racaniello — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:06:22 +0000

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 an icy Antarctic lake.

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Post-exposure passive antibody therapy for Nipah virus in ferret
Image above left shows Nipah viral antigen (red) in ferret brain ependymal epithelium
Is yearly influenza vaccination of children a bad idea?
Debate on N95 masks vs surgical masks to prevent influenza
Weather patterns help predict dengue outbreaks
Diverse viral community in Antarctica’s icy lakes (thanks Russ!)
Tamiflu in Japanese river waters (see TWiV 40 – thanks Russ!)
Chlorine dioxide gas removes influenza virus (thanks André!)

Weekly Science Picks
Dick Science News article: Enter the Virosphere
Alan WHO H1N1 timeline interactive map
Vincent Cheap Google accounts storage and How CDC estimates flu cases

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Vincent Racaniello — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:48:24 +0000

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, and Alan Dove

Vincent, Dick, and Alan talk about Nobel prizes for telomere research, bacteriophages that protect aphids from wasps, salicylates and pandemic influenza mortality, and hand washing.