TWiV 1137: Dengue is not BANAL

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2024

⏱️ 96 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

TWiV discusses a twice-yearly antiviral for prevention of AIDS, the WHO pandemic plan, West Nile resurgence in the US, the BANAL SARS-CoV-2 related viruses reproduce in human cells but do not transmit among animal hosts, and an amino acid change in dengue virus that enhances midgut replication in mosquitoes but reduces pathogenicity in humans. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server PrEP with HIV-1 capsid inhibitor (NEJM) WHO pandemic plan (pdf) West Nile virus resurgence in US (NY Times) Properties of BANAL SARS-CoV-2 like viruses (Nat Micro) BANAL viruses on TWiV 809 Different effect of dengue virus amino acid change in humans and mosquitoes (Sci Transl Med) Eng Ong Ooi on TWiV 633 Letters read on TWiV 1137 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Kathy – Using big data to improve traffic light timing Rich – Dillo Dirt Alan – Dueling Banjos on banjo and kora Vincent – The world’s most expensive dinosaur and more Listener Pick Mike – Science through a glass darkly Lisa – On A Mission“ Season Four Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected] Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

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 weekend virology episode 1137 recorded on August 2nd,
0:20.0	2024.
0:22.0	I'm Vincent Rachinllo and you're listening to the
0:25.0	podcast all about viruses. Joining me today from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Kathy Spindler.
0:32.3	Hi everybody here it's 81 degrees,
0:35.0	and it's raining right now.
0:37.0	And it's going to be raining until,
0:39.6	between six and seven, and so I'll either walk home or wait till it dries up because I have my bike here today.
0:48.0	And I'm here in Chelsea it is 33C cloudy and 60% humidity.
0:55.3	Also joining us from Western Massachusetts, Alan Dove.
0:58.8	Good to be here.
0:59.8	It is 92 Fahrenheit, 33C.
1:03.6	They're saying that the humidity is only 44%,
1:06.5	but it feels worse than that.
1:08.4	And we are under a severe thunderstorm warning
1:11.3	until, actually, for the next 30 minutes.
1:15.7	So if I disappear, that's probably why.
1:18.4	We just had a thunder crack, so we've got it right now too.
1:23.0	And from Austin, Texas, Ridge Condit.
1:27.0	Howdy.
1:30.0	We've got 96 degrees and clear skies.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Vincent Racaniello, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Vincent Racaniello and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.