This Week in VirologyThis Week in VirologyThis Week in VirologyThis Week in Virology
  • Contribute
  • Archive
  • Letters
  • Picks
  • Guests
  • Virology 101
  • Shows

Tag: WHO

  • Episodes
  • Netcast

TWiV 709: COVID cherry picking

  • January 21, 2021
  • Tagged as: China, coronavirus, COVID-19, influenza, pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, Vaccine, viral, virology, virus, viruses, WHO, Wuhan

In this episode, President Biden elevates his science advisor to his Cabinet, a review of the current flu season, the scientific goals of the WHO-convened Global Study of the Origins of SARS-CoV-2, and answers to listener questions.

5 Replies
  • Episodes
  • Netcast

TWiV 576: Big data in virology and public health

  • December 1, 2019
  • Tagged as: clinical virology, diagnostic virology, next generation sequencing, public health, virology, virus, viruses, WHO
TWiV

From the 22nd meeting of the European Society for Clinical Virology in Copenhagen, Vincent speaks with Thea, Heli, Kim, Caroline and Irma about big data and its increasing use in virology diagnostics, epidemiology, and public health.

1 Reply
  • Netcast

TWiV 284: By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes

  • May 11, 2014
  • Tagged as: bifurcated needle, intradermal, rabbit, scarification, Smallpox, vaccinia virus, viral, virology, virulence, virus, WHO

The TWiV team discusses how skin scarification promotes a nonspecific immune response, and whether remaining stocks of smallpox virus should be destroyed.

5 Replies
  • Netcast

TWiV 229: Partly cloudy with a high of H7N9

  • April 21, 2013
  • Tagged as: avian H7N9, brambling, China, duck, H2N9, influenza, pandemic, reassortant, Shanghai, Vaccine, viral, virology, virus, WHO, wild bird

Vincent, Rich, Dickson, and Alan review the current status of human infections with avian influenza H7N9 virus.

8 Replies
  • Netcast

TWiV 227: Lacks security and bad poultry

  • April 7, 2013
  • Tagged as: avian influenza, BSL-4, eradication, genome sequence, guanarito, H7N9, HeLa cell, Henrietta Lacks, pandemic, pigeon, poliovirus, poultry, viral, virology, virus, WHO

The complete TWiV team reviews the controversial publication of the HeLa cell genome, a missing vial of Guanarito virus in a BSL-4 facility, and human infections with avian influenza H7N9 virus.

3 Replies

Search

Questions or comments

twiv@microbe.tv

Contribute

Support our work at Patreon, PayPal, and more
Lecturio Online Courses
The TWiV Rap

Inside a BSL-4 laboratory

TWiV visits the NEIDL

MicrobeTV is an independent podcast network for people who are interested in the sciences. Our shows are about science: viruses, microbes, parasites, evolution, urban agriculture, communication, and engineering.

Content on this site is licensed by Microbe TV, LLC under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License