TWiV 1031: Death on the West Nile

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TWiV notes the passing of virologist Michael BA Oldstone, a study to assess the performance of rapid antigen tests to detect symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, and the presence of antibodies to type I interferons in ~40% of patients with West Nile virus encephalitis.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Alan Dove

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TWiV notes the passing of virologist Michael BA Oldstone, a study to assess the performance of rapid antigen tests to detect symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, and the presence of antibodies to type I interferons in ~40% of patients with West Nile virus encephalitis.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Alan Dove

Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email

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Links for this episode Weekly Picks

Rich – The Final Covid-19 Grand Rounds: What Have We Learned? Alan – Teaching biology to Tibetan Buddhist monks Vincent – I got it from Agnes by Tom Lehrer and Why Oppenheimer has important lessons for scientists today

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Ryan – Paul Offit on PBS Newshour to explain RFK Jr.'s Congressional Hearing

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

2023-07-30 124 min
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