TWiV summarizes cases of arbovirus disease during 2019 in the US, and explains a study that estimates infectiousness throughout the SARS-CoV-2 course of infection.
TWiV 592: Coronavirus update – dangerous curve ahead
- March 19, 2020
- Tagged as: asymptomatic, chloroquine, clinical trial, coronavirus, CoV, COVID-19, pandemic, remdesivir, SARS-CoV-2, viral, virology, virus, viruses
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.
TWiV 482: Don’t EVEome without antibody expressed
- February 25, 2018
- Tagged as: asymptomatic, ebolavirus, EBOV, ELISA, endogenous viral element, EVEome, immunity, mosquito, piRNA, piwi, piwi-interacting RNA, serology, siRNA, transmission, viral, virology, virus, viruses
The TWiV Masters discuss serologic evidence of Ebolavirus infection in a population with no outbreaks, and the set of endogenous viral elements in the mosquito genome.
The TWiVocytes answer questions about Ebola virus, including mode of transmission, quarantine, incubation period, immunity, and much more.