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This Week in Virology

TWiV 1113: Influenza virus H5N1 in cows' milk with Richard Webby

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2024

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Richard Webby joins TWiV to review the history of avian H5N1 influenza virus, the recent change in epidemiological patterns, infection of dairy cattle in the US, and the risk of an outbreak in humans. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Brianne Barker Guest: Richard Webby Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server MicrobeTV store at Cafepress Webby research laboratory H5N1 virus in dairy cattle and cats (Emerg Inf Dis) Emergence of H5N1 virus in dairy cattle (bioRxiv) Spillover potential of H9N2 bat virus (Nat Commun and TWiV 1111) Letters read on TWiV 1113 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Brianne – The Little Researcher (from Bioss) Alan – Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s OPV switch was “unqualified failure.” Vincent – Errant Science Listener Picks Moragh – Paper Cuts Podcast Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]

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0:00.0

This Week in Virology, the Podcast About Viruses, the kind that make you sick.

0:07.0

From Microbe TV, this is Twive, this week in Virology.

0:15.0

Episode 1113, recorded on May 10, 2024.

0:21.0

I'm Vincent Rachinello and you're listening to the podcast all about viruses.

0:27.0

Today we have a little weird situation here on Tuev.

0:32.0

We had some technical difficulties of recording.

0:34.7

And so I am re-recording this intro at home, so it's different.

0:38.8

And in a few moments, you're going to see me pop into the incubator, much like H5N1 virus popped into cows, I guess.

0:49.1

Because that's going to be our subject today.

0:51.5

Joining me today from Madison, New Jersey, Brie Ann Barker.

0:56.7

Hi, it's great to be here.

0:59.2

It's great to date to be inside podcasting because while it's 53 degrees it is pouring rain and

1:06.1

will continue to do so for most of the rest of the day I think.

1:09.6

Also joining us from Western Massachusetts, Alan Dove.

1:15.0

Good to be here and it's actually not bad here.

1:18.0

It's 61 Fahrenheit, which as we know is 16 Celsius.

1:22.0

And yeah, just... is 16 Celsius and yeah just light wind but it's a wind out of the east so it's

1:26.9

probably weather's going to deteriorate here soon. We have a guest for you

1:31.5

today he is from St Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Richard Webby.

1:39.0

Welcome to Twive, Richard.

1:40.0

Well, thanks. It's great to be here and we're, I don't know, this looks somewhere 70, 80 degrees here with a bit of cloud and wind, but no rain.

1:49.0

Yeah, it's that time of year here in the mid-south where, yeah, it can be 80, 80 degrees, one minute, and then thundering the next and back to 90 the minute after.

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