TWiV 420: Orthogonal vectors
...#420 at microbe.tv/twiv, or listen below. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV420.mp3″] Click arrow to play Download TWiV 420 (70 MB .mp3, 116 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, RSS,...
View ArticleTWiV 552: Delta and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat
...diverse viruses. Click arrow to play Download TWiV 552 (70 MB .mp3, 116 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Show notes at microbe.tv/twiv...
View ArticleTWiV 603: Cloudy with a chance of coronavirus
...listener questions. Click arrow to play Download TWiV 603 (70 MB .mp3, 116 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Show notes at microbe.tv/twiv...
View ArticleTWiV 520: This old mouse
...laboratory mice. Click arrow to play Download TWiV 520 (70 MB .mp3, 116 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Show notes at microbe.tv/twiv...
View ArticleTrial By Error: Dutch Agency Awards Big Biomedical ME/CFS Grant to Judith...
...of psychosomatic medicine at the University of Groningen. Her profile page on the university’s site lists her areas of expertise as “psychosomatic medicine, persistent somatic symptoms, medically...
View ArticleVirology lecture #2: The infectious cycle
Download: .wmv (348 MB) | .mp4 (116 MB) Visit the virology W3310 home page for a complete list of course resources....
View ArticleOffit on vaccines and autism
...a pediatrician who is also Chief of Infectious Diseases and Director of Vaccine Education at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He is co-developer of the rotavirus vaccine and...
View ArticleThe role of children in transmission of SARS-CoV-2
...been closed for the better part of the pandemic and children have been isolated from others. Also, children are often missed as index (first identified) cases in groups of related...
View ArticleInfluenza virus in the toilet
...certainly other microbes that should be removed from our toilets. Examination of the back of the bottle indicates that the product will inactivate rotavirus, a major cause of gastroenteritis. This...
View ArticleChildren transmit SARS-CoV-2
...patients in South Korea during January 20€“March 27, 2020. The 5,706 index patients were grouped by age and the numbers of cases associated with that individual were identified. COVID-19 was...
View ArticleTrial By Error: Jennie Spotila’s Annual Review of NIH Funding
By David Tuller, DrPH Every year, Jennie Spotila posts her analysis of annual funding for ME from the US National Institutes of Health on her invaluable blog, Occupy M.E. (On...
View ArticleTrial By Error: Questions About the Prevalence of Functional Neurological...
...who presented with leg weakness, eight of whom had been given a diagnosis of FND by the expert panel and 116 of whom received other diagnoses. Hoover’s sign was positive...
View ArticleTWiV 60: Making viral RNA
...above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #60 (51 MB .mp3, 71 minutes) Subscribe to TWiV in iTunes, by the RSS feed, or by email Links for this episode:...
View ArticleTWiV 77: Non-nuclear proliferation
...(60 MB .mp3, 83 minutes) Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed, or by email. Links for this episode: Contamination of Rotarix...
View ArticleTWiV 846: Beta was stirring, and now in a mouse
TWiV explores the impact of the intestinal virome on seroconversion after rotavirus vaccination, and implications of the ability of the SARS-CoV-2 beta variant to infect wild-type laboratory mice....
View ArticleTWiV 636: Georgia State viral
...and their work on Ebolaviruses, rotavirus, and antiviral drug development. Click arrow to play Download TWiV 636 (68 MB .mp3, 113 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a...
View ArticleTWiV 585: The coronavirus epidemic
...other countries. Click arrow to play Download TWiV 585 (71 MB .mp3, 118 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Show notes at microbe.tv/twiv...
View ArticleTransmission of Enteric Viruses through Saliva
by Gertrud U. Rey Norovirus and rotavirus are considered to be enteric pathogens because they are traditionally thought to be transmitted by the fecal-oral route; i.e., when consuming food prepared...
View ArticleTWiV 134: Meet Ralph, your cruise director
...play, or right-click to download TWiV #134 (68 MB .mp3, 94 minutes). Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed, by email, or...
View ArticleTWiV 50: XMRV
...or right-click to download TWiV #50 (54 MB .mp3, 74 minutes) Subscribe to TWiV in iTunes, by the RSS feed, or by email Links for this episode: One dose of...
View ArticleTWiV 162: Transcription
...in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed, by email, or listen on your mobile device with the Microbeworld app. Links for this episode: Slides for this...
View ArticleTWiV 49: Viral genomes
...MB .mp3, 62 minutes) Subscribe to TWiV in iTunes, by the RSS feed, or by email Links for this episode: Dick talks about hookworm on Radio Lab Dick’s video page...
View ArticleTrial By Error: Why Did the NIH List an Award for Research on Cancer-Related...
...projects. (To see the list, click on the dollar amount for CFS in the column for 2022; the page does not have its own URL.) Most of the projects were...
View ArticleTrial By Error: More Strangeness with that Norwegian CBT/Music Therapy Study
...I have since examined the protocol and the statistical analysis plan, as found on this page from Akershus University Hospital, with which the lead and senior authors are affiliated. The...
View ArticleTRIAL BY ERROR: The Troubling Case of the PACE Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Study...
...was posted, the PACE investigators replied, and in turn I responded to their criticisms. All the articles can be found at the ME/CFS page. SUMMARY This examination of the PACE...
View ArticleTWiV 91: You’re an ERVous wreck
...TWiV #91 (64 MB .mp3, 89 minutes) Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed, or by email, or listen on your mobile...
View ArticleTWiV 161: Concerto in B
...MB .mp3, 118 minutes). Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed, by email, or listen on your mobile device with the Microbeworld...
View ArticleLujo virus, a new hemorrhagic fever virus from Southern Africa
...family. It’s not clear how the index case was infected by Lujo virus. Most arenavirus infections are acquired by contact with infected rodent excreta, by inhalation of dust or aerosolized...
View ArticleHoliday travel explains spread of a SARS-CoV-2 variant
...studied to address potential mechanisms of increased transmission. It is claimed that the reproductive index of variants is increased, but these calculations are flawed. The reproductive index is...
View ArticleZika virus
...(map), with 2,608 cases, including 40 stillbirths or short living newborns. In response to the situation, the Brazilian Ministry of Health has declared a national public health emergency...
View ArticleSARS-CoV-2 variants of concern
...the rapid displacement of previous variants in the UK within a short period of time; an apparent increase in the R index for such variants; and increased levels of viral...
View ArticleTWiV 86: Dark matter with Dr. Eric Delwart
...the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #86 (59 MB .mp3, 81 minutes) Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS...
View ArticleTWiV 51: ALVAC-HIV and AIDSVAX B/E
...Michigan. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV051.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #51 (60 MB .mp3, 84 minutes) Subscribe to TWiV in iTunes, by...
View ArticleTWiV 95: Does a virus shift in the woods?
...TWiV #95 (68 MB .mp3, 94 minutes) Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed, or by email, or listen on your mobile...
View ArticleTWiV 126: Wart’s up, doc?
..., at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed, by email, or listen on your mobile device with the Microbeworld app. Links for this episode: Human papillomavirus page at CDC...
View ArticleDeep sequencing reveals viral vaccine contaminants
Use of the rotavirus vaccine Rotarix in the US has been temporarily suspended because the vaccine was found to be contaminated with porcine circovirus 1 DNA. The discovery was made...
View ArticleScientific jargon and readability: What is your r-index?
...I would be pleased to participate in such efforts. Finally, I love the suggestion of determining a readability index (r-index) for scientists, analogous to the h-index for journal article citations....
View ArticleFDA clears rotavirus vaccines
The US Food and Drug Administration has updated its recommendations on both Rotarix and RotaTeq, vaccines for the prevention of rotavirus disease in infants: Based on careful evaluation of a...
View ArticlePorcine circovirus DNA found in RotaTeq
The US Food and Drug Administration recently recommended that administration of Glaxo SmithKline’s Rotarix vaccine, which protects against rotavirus infection, be suspended after an independent...
View ArticleCDC influenza RSS feed
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has added a new RSS feed called ‘CDC Flu’. This feed will keep track of any new or updated documents posted anywhere on...
View ArticleTrial By Error: Merck Manual Still Disseminates GET/CBT Advice
...as the MSD Manual] has posted a recently reviewed version of its online CFS information. The Merck site has a page for consumers and one for professionals. Neither of them...
View ArticleTWiV 118: The virus always rings twice
...minutes). Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed, or by email, or listen on your mobile device with the Microbeworld app. Links...
View ArticleTWiV 116: Cocaine, colonies, and chickens
...to play, or right-click to download TWiV #116 (64 MB .mp3, 89 minutes). Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed, or by...
View ArticleTrial By Error: Letter to British Journal of Sports Medicine from CPET Experts
...15-E001-EF https://ahrq-ehc-application.s3.amazonaws.com/media/pdf/chronic-fatigue_research.pdf Page 1 13.Ibid. Page 11 14. Ibid. Page vi. 15. Geraghty K, Hann M, Kurtev A. Myalgic...
View ArticleVirus images at VIPERdb
...a user friendly interface. Each virus entry has its own ‘Info Page’ containing the corresponding illustrations, visualization tools, and analysis data (annotations), and there are several ways to...
View ArticlePorcine circovirus DNA in rotavirus vaccine
...that the vaccine contains DNA of porcine circovirus type 1. Rotaviruses are the single leading cause of diarrhea in infants and young children. Each year rotavirus gastroenteritis causes over...
View ArticleTrial By Error: Some National Health Service Branches Fail to Respond to New...
...and a specialized form of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). Last week, I wrote about how King’s College London continues to host a page on €œCBT and chronic fatigue syndrome, which...
View ArticleSegmented filamentous bacteria block rotavirus infection
...Whether human rotavirus infections are in general regulated by these bacteria should be studied. The rotavirus vaccine, an infectious, orally delivered preparation, is not effective in blocking...
View ArticleNobel Laureates and Ebola virus quarantine
...cases) The index case worked in a textile factory. Virus was then introduced into 4 families from the local hospital. Every case, except the index patient, could be traced to...
View ArticleThe problems with Barry’s “The Great Influenza”
...maximum efficiency. And all over the world, the virus was turning lethal. [page 193] Even when the virus mutated toward mildness, it still killed efficiently. [page 363] At first those...
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