TWiV 908: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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🗓️ 4 February 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses prevalence and clinical outcomes of respiratory syncytial virus versus influenza virus in adults hospitalized with acute respiratory Illness, reconsideration of antinucleocapsid IgG antibody as a marker of SARS-CoV-2 infection postvaccination for mild COVID-19 patients, assessment of COVID-19 as the underlying cause of death among children and young people aged 0 to 19 years in the US, information for persons who are immunocompromised regarding prevention and treatment of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the context of currently circulating Omicron sublineages, association of culturable-virus detection and household transmission of SARS-CoV-2, effectiveness of bivalent boosters against severe Omicron infection, Covid vaccines and playing the long game, efficacy and safety of antimicrobial stewardship prospective audit and feedback in patients hospitalized with COVID-19, and severe fatigue and persistent symptoms at three months following SARS-CoV-2 Infections during the pre-Delta, Delta, and Omicron time periods. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Prevalence and clinical outcomes of RSV vs influenza in adults (CID) Reconsideration of antinucleocapsid IgG antibody as a marker of SARS-CoV-2 infection (OFID) Assessment of COVID-19 as the underlying cause of death among children and young people (JAMA) Information for persons who are immunocompromised regarding prevention and treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection (CDC) Association of culturable-virus detection and household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (JID) Effectiveness of bivalent boosters against severe Omicron infection (NEJM) Covid vaccines and playing the long game (NEJM) Efficacy and safety of antimicrobial stewardship prospective audit and feedback in COVID-19 patients (The Lancet) Severe fatigue and persistent symptoms at three months following SARS-CoV-2 Infection (CID) Contribute to our ASTMH fundraiser at PWB Dr. Griffin’s treatment guide (pdf) Letters read on TWiV 980 Don’t crush Paxlovid (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.
0:10.4	From micro up TV, this is Twiv this week in virology episode 980 recorded on February 1, 2023.
0:22.3	I'm Vincent Racken-Ello and you're listening to the podcast all about viruses.
0:26.8	Joining me today from New York, Daniel Griffin.
0:30.8	Hello everyone.
0:32.0	Well, that's one month of 2023, pull gone.
0:36.5	Yes.
0:37.7	One down, is it 11 to go?
0:40.7	Am I my count correct?
0:42.3	One month of viral respiratory season gone also, right Daniel?
0:46.9	It really, as we'll get into, we really are dropping for a lot of things here.
0:51.8	So this is good, but let's get going.
0:53.8	I will start with my quotation, kind words do not cost much, yet they accomplish much.
1:01.9	And that's by Pascal, you know of Pascal's wager and a lot of other things.
1:08.1	And I just, I like to try to remind people lots of times as we become so divided and angry and the rest.
1:16.6	You know, little kindness goes a long way.
1:19.6	So, polio, I'm going to start with polio.
1:21.3	I want to encourage people to listen to TWIV 979.
1:26.1	You can listen to the whole thing, but it was really the first part that caught my attention.
1:30.3	It's really a great discussion about polio.
1:33.7	And my favorite part is the reference to polioopolis, the polioopolis study.
1:40.8	Now Vincent correct me if this is not the right study,
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