TWiV 1184: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
This Week in Virology
Understanding Avian Influenza Threats
This chapter examines the complexities and risks associated with avian influenza, particularly focusing on the H5N1 strain’s high mortality rates and its transmission potential to humans. The discussion also highlights ongoing antiviral drug trials, the significance of accurate allergy testing, and addresses misconceptions regarding viral mutations.
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses current and past outbreaks of “vaccine” preventable diseases including whooping cough, polio and measles with your co-host Vincent Racaniello and the recent increase in norovirus outbreaks, if alcohol-based hand sanitizers aid in the spread of norovirus before reviewing the recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, where to find PEMGARDA, provides information for Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s long COVID treatment center, if “long COVID” like symptoms occurs after influenza and how long COVID may associate with neurological complicates that control verbal memory.
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Links for this episode- Notable infectious diseases in US (CDC NNDSS)
- Get your Tdap: whooping cough case increase (California Department of Public Health)
- Resurgence of measles among preschool aged children 1989-1991 (CDC: MMWR)
- Adults vulnerable to ‘childhood’ diseases (NY Times)
- Pivotal decision that led to a resurgence of polio (NY Times)
- Can polio return due to lagging vaccination? (NY Times)
- NoroSTAT Data Table (CDC Norovirus)
- The discovery of the 27-nm Norwalk virus: an historic perspective (JID)
- Why the “Ferrari of viruses” is surging through the northern hemisphere (Science)
- Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
- Norovirus at Chipotle, $25million food fine (NY Times)
- Chipotle food issues: 2015 settlement with the justice department (Chipotle News)
- Purcel anyone? Hand sanitizers increase norovirus risk? (Canadian Medical Association Journal)
- Visualization by immune electron microscopy of a 27nm particle associated with acute infectious nonbacterial gastroenteritis (Journal of Virology)
- Winter vomiting disease (JID)
- ACIP: expanded recommendations for pneumococcal conjugate vaccines(CDC: MMWR)
- Presumptive bird flu case in San Francisco (SF. Gov)
- Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
- US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
- Weekly surveillance report: cliff notes (CDC FluView)
- Antiviral medications for treatment ofnonsevere influenza(JAMA Network: JAMA Internal Medicine)
- Xofluza (GoodRx)
- RSV: Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
- RSV-Network (CDC Respiratory Syncytial virus Infection)
- US respiratory virus activity (CDC Respiratory Illnesses)
- Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan)
- COVID-19 deaths (CDC)
- COVID-19 national and regional trends (CDC)
- COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC)
- SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore (Nextstrain)
- Where to get pemgarda (Pemgarda)
- EUA for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD)
- Fusion center near you….if in NY (Prime Fusions)
- CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC)
- NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH)
- Infectious Disease Society guidelines for treatment and management (ID Society)
- Drug interaction checker (University of Liverpool)
- Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV)
- Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (ID Society)
- What to do when sick with a respiratory virus (CDC)
- When your healthcare provider is infected/exposed with SARS-CoV-2 (CDC)
- Managing healthcare staffing shortages (CDC)
- Steroids, dexamethasone at the right time (OFID)
- Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org)
- Daniel Griffin’s evidence based medical practices for long COVID (OFID)
- Long COVID hotline (Columbia : Columbia University Irving Medical Center)
- Symptom evolution in individuals with ongoing symptomatic COVID-19 and post COVID-19 syndrome after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination versus influenza vccination (Journal of Infection) Neurological post-COVID syndrome is associated with substantial impairment of verbal short-term and working memory (Scientific Reports)
- Letters read on TWiV 1184
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv
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