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TWiV 879: Indolent, resistant, and losing our TMPRSS

March 24, 2022
Tagged as: coronavirus, COVID-19, furin cleavage site, fusion, Omicron, pandemic, remdesivir resistance, SARS-CoV-2, syncytia, Tmprss2, viral, virology, virus, viruses

TWiV reviews the emergence of remdesivir-resistant SARS-CoV-2 during treatment of a persistently infected immunocompromised patient, and how altered TMPRSS2 utilization by the Omicron variant influences infectivity and fusion.

The TWiVers discuss the spread of African swine fever virus and its threat to pig farming, and the zoonotic potential of peste des petits ruminants virus.

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TWiV 295: A nonslip grippe and Lassa’s LAMP

July 27, 2014
Tagged as: a-dystroglycan, arenavirus, cell entry, ferret, fusion, gain of function, haploid genetic screen, hemorrhagic fever, influenza, LAMP, Lassa virus, miRNA, receptor, viral, virology, virus

The TWiVome discusses an miRNA based strategy to mitigate risk of gain of function studies, and identification of a second receptor required for Lassa virus entry.

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TWiV 243: Live from ASV at Penn State

July 28, 2013
Tagged as: entry, fusion, gastroenteritis, metapneumovirus, mouse model, norovirus, paramyxovirus, pathogenesis, viral, virology, virus

On this episode of TWiV, which was recorded before a large enthusiastic audience at the annual meeting of the American Society for Virology, Vincent, Rich, and Kathy speak with Rebecca and Christiane about their work on metapneumoviruses and noroviruses.

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TWiV 879: Indolent, resistant, and losing our TMPRSS

TWiV 532: Morbillivirus had a little lamb

TWiV 295: A nonslip grippe and Lassa’s LAMP

TWiV 243: Live from ASV at Penn State

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