TWiV 791: A mad virologists’ T party

August 8, 2021

TWiV reviews SARS-CoV-2 infection of wild white-tailed deer in the US, mRNA vaccine-mediated protection by spike-specific T cells before detection of neutralizing antibodies, and recovery from SARS-CoV-2 infection in T-cell depleted rhesus macaques.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker

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3 comments on “TWiV 791: A mad virologists’ T party

  1. brendan o'connor Aug 9, 2021

    Regarding covid in deer , can the virus be carried in human poop? there are more and more people pooping in woods this year and animals sniffing the poop or in many cases eating the poop . Could human poop be the vector ?

  2. Margaret Aug 9, 2021

    Hi Brianne,
    Listening to your TWIV podcast on T cells. Can you comment on CD3?
    It’s a personal issue for me when I was diagnosed 4 years ago overseas with CTCL and many tests were performed locally and blood sent to NIH for CD3, CD4, CD8. However never hear anything about CD3 can you comment?
    Thank you
    Regards
    Peggy

  3. hightrekker Aug 9, 2021

    Dickson Despommier is really a drag on this site.
    I know he was a founder, and has a history, but his delusions often so distract, that it compromises the validity of the other information.
    His Parasites podcast is enough of a presentation. Let’s not compromise the valuable information often presented.
    I’m a elderly fly fisherman also, so———-