TWiV 1158: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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🗓️ 19 October 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin informs us about mpox circulation and new vaccine approval, the Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda, and the largest outbreak of whooping cough in a decade before reviewing the recent statistics on SARS-CoV-2 infection, the WasterwaterScan dashboard, immunity among those over 65th following the 3rd dose of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine, where to find PEMGARDA, a reminder of how and when to use steroids to treat COVID-19, how well the SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen test performed, what do when healthcare workers succumb to SARS-CoV-2 infection, the effect of remdesivir on survival and readmission of hospitalized patients, if cognitive impairment following virus infection impairs one’s driving and how long COVID affects Chinese society. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Undiagnosed MPXV infections are high in men who have sex with men (BMC Infectious Diseases) WHO, now a vaccine approval agency, Jynneos for teens (CIDRAP) Mpox outbreak global trends (WHO) How to stop Marburg virus (Rwanda Biomedical Centre) Marburg virus fact sheet (Rwanda Biomedical Centre) Largest whooping cough outbreak in US in a decade (NPR) COVID-19 deaths (CDC) COVID-19 national and regional trends (CDC) Waste water scan for 11 pathogens (WastewaterSCan) COVID-19 variant tracker (CDC) SARS-CoV-2 genomes galore (Nextstrain) Insurance relates to effectiveness and waning of immunity following 3rd dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine? (JID) New preventive COVID-19 agent (ISDA) IDSA Guidelines on the Treatment and Management of Patients with COVID-19 (IDSA) Where to get pemgarda (Pemgarda) EUA for the pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 (INVIYD) How well do you test: performance of the SARS-CoV-2 antigen rapid detection test (eBioMedicine) CDC Quarantine guidelines (CDC) NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH) Infectious Disease Society guidelines for treatment and management (ID Society) Drug interaction checker (University of Liverpool) Molnupiravir safety and efficacy (JMV) Convalescent plasma recommendation for immunocompromised (ID Society) What to do when sick with a respiratory virus (CDC) When your healthcare provider is infected/exposed with SARS-CoV-2 (CDC) Managing healthcare staffing shortages (CDC) Steroids, dexamethasone at the right time (OFID) Anticoagulation guidelines (hematology.org) Remdesivir-associated survival outcomes among immunocompromised patients (CID) Remdesivir Effectiveness in Reducing the Risk of 30-day Readmission in Vulnerable Patients (CID) Measurement of circulating viral antigens post-SARS-CoV-2 infection (CMI: Clinical Microbiology and Infection) DUCI: driving under cognitive influence of COVID-19 (Neurology) Long COVID facts and findings: (LANCET: Regional Health Western Pacific) Letters read on TWiV 1158 Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf) Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your questions for Dr. Griffin 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 weekend virology.
0:15.0	Episode 1158 recorded on October 17, 2024.
0:22.0	I'm Vincent Ragenello and you're listening to the podcast all about
0:25.8	viruses. Joining me today from New York, Daniel Griffin. Hello. Who's wearing some repetitive pattern on his bow tie.
0:36.4	Yeah, I don't know if you can zoom in on this.
0:39.2	Can you see that, Vincent?
0:41.0	I think it would do Dixon proud if that's a hint.
0:45.0	Is it Trickinella?
0:46.0	Yeah, so it's not a doctor cell.
0:48.0	It's a nurse cell.
0:50.0	I was a little disappointed because I was wearing this today in the ICU and everyone just seemed baffled.
0:58.0	What is that? I'm like, oh my gosh, they're not teaching parasitology in the medical schools anymore.
1:03.4	They're not.
1:04.4	They're really, you know, it's just such a minimal amount.
1:09.0	It's really, it's a shame, right?
1:11.6	So many other things have filled that part of the curriculum.
1:14.2	When you think about this world that we live in, right? I mean, how many, you know, how many people
1:18.2	are suffering from parasitic diseases? And so...
1:21.6	I mean, Dixon used to teach a lot of parasitology to medical students right so he
1:26.9	had a he had there was a whole course and actually you know our listeners may may
1:31.1	or may not know but but Dixon was one of my
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