Vincent, Dick, Alan and Rich Condit chat about infectious salmon anemia virus, virus-resistant grapevines, virulence of pandemic H1N1 influenza virus, origin of 1918 influenza virus, holy water ban to halt influenza, frequency of human WU and KI polyomavirus infection, rabies in China, and host species of sin nombre virus.
Vincent, Dick, and Alan consider Reston ebolavirus in swine, historical perspective of H1N1 influenza virus emergence and circulation, Tamiflu-resistant H1N1, Tamiflu in Japanese river waters, transmission of H1N1 virus in ferrets, and pneumonia and respiratory failure from H1N1 in Mexico.
Vincent and Dick discuss virus structure and answer listener questions.
TWiV 38: Measles
- June 28, 2009
- Tagged as: baculovirus, glenn rall, H1N1, influenza, insect, koi herpesvirus, measles, pandemic, rabid, rabies, rabies virus, raccoon, swine flu, TWiV, Vaccine, viral, virology, virus
Vincent and Glenn Rall chat about koi herpesvirus, H1N1 influenza vaccine produced in insect cells, attack by a rabid raccoon, and measles.
TWiV 37: Open access
- June 21, 2009
- Tagged as: Chikungunya, CHO cell, H1N1, influenza, open access journal, pandemic, swine flu, TWiV, vaccination, Vaccine, vesivirus, viral, virology, virus
Vincent, Alan, and Eric Freed talk about vesivirus contamination of bioreactors, pandemic influenza, maximizing the effect of vaccination by targeting children, chikungunya virus, and open access scientific journals.
TWiV 35: Much achoo about nothing
- June 7, 2009
- Tagged as: adjuvant, arenavirus, H1N1, influenza, Leeuwenhoek, Lister, Lujo, microbiology, pandemic, Pasteur, swine flu, viral, virology, virus
Vincent, Alan, Dick, and Richard Kessin talk about Lujo virus, a new arenavirus, influenza, WHO rewriting pandemic rules, adjuvants, and a brief history of microbiology.
Vincent, Alan, and Raul Rabadan converse about polio survivors in iron lungs, bocavirus, structure of mimivirus, and genome sequence analysis of influenza H1N1 viruses.
Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Marc Pelletier summarize the past week’s influenza H1N1 activity, and discuss parvovirus infection of dogs and humans.
TWiV Special: Dr. Peter Palese
- May 6, 2009
- Tagged as: H1N1, influenza, pandemic, Peter Palese, swine flu, Vaccine, viral, virology, virus
On this special episode of TWiV, Vincent and Dr. Peter Palese, noted influenza expert, discuss the origin and pandemic potential of the new H1N1 influenza virus.
Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Hamish Young focus on the new H1N1 influenza virus, which originated in swine and is likely to be the next pandemic strain.
Inside a BSL-4
