TWiV 1111: Taming of the flu

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

Vincent, Microbe, Medicine, Microbiology, Racaniello, Infection, Virus, Virology, Pathogen, Infectious, Twiv, Science & Medicine

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🗓️ 5 May 2024

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

TWiV reviews viruses in the news: Chinese scientist who released the SARS-CoV-2 genome sequence sleeps in the street, a case of measles in Haifa, spread of waterborne infectious diseases in Gaza, interstate spread of avian influenza A(H5N1) in dairy cattle, and an orangutan heals himself with medicinal plants, followed by identification of a cell receptor for parechoviruses, and blockade of necroptosis prevents lung injury in severe influenza. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Alan Dove Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server MicrobeTV store at Cafepress Become a member of ASV (asv.org) The New City by Dickson Despommier (blog post) International Conference on Pandemic Preparedness Chinese virologist sleeps on street (Nature) Measles in Haifa (Jerusalem Post) Waterborne illness spreads in Gaza (Reuters) Interstate spread of H5N1 virus in dairy cattle (bioRxiv) Orangutan uses medicinal plants (Science) Parechovirus cell receptor identified (Nat Comm) Necroptosis blockade prevents lung injury in influenza (Nature) Necroptosis, pyroptosis and apoptosis (Cell Mol Immunol) Letters read on TWiV 1111 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Dickson – NASA’s Webb Finds Ethanol, Other Icy Ingredients for Worlds Alan – MyClimate.org calculators Vincent – Twenty-Five Lectures in Virology 2024 Listener Picks Alan – NPR story and interactive quiz on pandemic respiratory disease transmission Az – H5N1 Avian Flu in Mammals Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

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0:00.0	This Week in Vyrology, the podcast about viruses, the kind that make you sick.
0:07.0	From Microbe TV, this is Twive this weekend virology
0:15.0	episode one one one one one
0:20.0	recorded on May 3rd, 2024.
0:25.0	I'm Vincent Dracken-yellow and you're listening to the podcast All About Viruses.
0:30.0	Joining me today from Fort Lee, New Jersey, Dixon de Pomier.
0:35.0	Hello, Vincent and Alan.
0:37.0	I will just include Alan, even though he hasn't been introduced yet.
0:40.0	I just got back from a three-day fishing trip in the Catskills, so that's why my face looks a little red, and my hands, I can't tell you how
0:49.8	sunburn they are. Well I can show you that's from holding a fly rod in one
0:55.1	position and having the sun bake you like you were some kind of a gourmet dish for the
1:01.0	gods but I had a great time.
1:03.7	Today the temperature is about, I would estimate,
1:07.0	I haven't checked it, but it feels like in the high 40s
1:10.6	or low 50s. It's a little bit windy. It's typical springtime weather but it's delightful.
1:19.0	It's absolutely all the trees are blooming. All the leaves are unfolding, it's just my favorite time
1:24.8	of there. It is here in Chelsea 17 Celsius and partly cloudy. I didn't see any sun
1:32.4	this morning. Also joining us from Western Massachusetts,
1:36.0	Alan Dove. Good to be here and I apparently have the warmest weather. It's 67 Fahrenheit
1:40.9	in 19c. She was mostly cloudy.
1:44.0	It's supposed to rain later on this weekend on Sunday, but just cloudy now.
1:49.0	I guess because you're inland, you have a higher temperature.
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