This Week in Virology

Pediatric infectious disease physician and coronavirologist Mark Denison joins Vincent for a discussion of COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 with an emphasis on antiviral therapeutics. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello Guest: Mark Denison Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

A TWiV foursome provides an update on the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, including antibody testing kits, FDA emergency approval of convalescent sera, and answer listener questions about the dangers of mail delivery and take out foods, decontamination of PPE, diagnostic testing, and much more. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Coronavirus test kit Rapid SARS-CoV-2 serological assay (medRxiv) Is Dr. Fauci in trouble? (NY Times) FDA approves emergency use of convalescent serum (FDA) Image by Michele Banks Letters read on TWiV 594 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

Daniel Griffin joins Ori and the TWiV team an update on the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, including gastrointestinal illness associated with infection, use of hydroxychloroquine and other antivirals, his experiences treating many patients in the New York area, and much more. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Guests: Daniel Griffin, Ori Lieberman, and Valeria Cagno Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Pregnancy and COVID-19 papers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) Second dog infected with SARS-CoV-2 (ProMedMail) Italian site with infographic in English Image by Michele Banks Letters read on TWiV 593 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

Ori joins TWiV for an update on the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, including scary modeling, clinical trials for antivirals and vaccines, asymptomatic transmission, and much more inspired by listener email. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Guest: Ori Lieberman Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Scary modeling (Imperial College London) Avigan vs SARS-CoV-2 (NHK) SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine (Clinical Trials) SARS-CoV-2 stability (NEJM) Pediatric COVID-19 (one, two) SARS-CoV-2 asymptomatic infection (one, two) CDC data on SARS-CoV-2 CFR (MMWR) Hydroxycholorquine trial for COVID-19 (Mediterranee-infection) Macaque SARS-CoV-2 immunity (bioRxiv) Image by Michele Banks Letters read on TWiV 591 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

Epidemiologist Stephen Morse joins Vincent to discuss epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 and preparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello Guest: Stephen Morse Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

Ori Lieberman joins Vincent to discuss COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, gleaned from his experience during clinical rotations in medical school. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello Guest: Ori Lieberman Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

Ralph Baric joins TWiV to dissect the coronavirus pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2, including discussion on community spread, asymptomatic infections, origin of the virus, transmission, vaccine development, and much more. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker Guest: Ralph Baric Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Aerosol and surface stability of SARS-CoV-2 (medRxiv) Clinical course and risk factors for COVID-19 (Lancet, pdf) Face mask use during SARS-CoV outbreak (EID) COVID-19 and Italy (Lancet) Letters read on TWiV 591 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

The TWiV trio continues in-depth coverage of COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2, including discussion on genome mutation and circulating lineages, handwashing, facemasks, cruise ship outbreaks, the South Korean situation, and much more. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Stanley Perlman answers CoV questions (Boston Globe) Fist bump (Am J Infect Control) Joint WHO-China report (pdf) Second coronavirus (LA Times) Response to second coronavirus (virological.org) COVID-19 animal models (STAT) Clinical predictors of COVID-19 mortality (Inten Care Med) CoV by the numbers (NY Times) Contamination of bar soaps (Microbios) SARS-CoV-2 vaccine timeline (NPR) How new vaccines are developed (GSK) SARS among critical care nurses (Emerg Inf Dis) How churches prevent SARS-CoV-2 spread (NPR) Image credit Letters read on TWiV 590 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

Infectious disease physician Daniel Griffin and virologist Valeria Cagno join Vincent to provide updates on the situation with SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 in New York and Italy. Host: Vincent Racaniello Guests: Daniel Griffin and Valeria Cagno Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

Vincent and Rich update the current situation with COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2, including fatality ratios, virus spreading outside of China, immunity to infection, vaccines, antivirals and much more. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Rich Condit Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode WHO CoV sitreps How to Prepare for the Coronavirus (NY Times) Multiple shedding routes of SARS-CoV-2 (Emerg Microbes Inf) Cruise ship a/c could promote virus spread (Purdue news) Image credit Letters read on TWiV 589 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv