Comments on: TWiV 55: Mice lie, monkeys exaggerate

By: David

David — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:30:53 +0000

Indeed I did. But that doesn´t make my statement false. Viruses do kill cells, do kill mice, do kill monkeys, and do kill humans; in the same way as in the statement “humans kill humans”. Neither your statement is false even though mice not always lie, and monkeys not always exaggerate!

By: David

David — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:30:53 +0000

By: profvrr

profvrr — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:36:17 +0000

Viruses don't always kill – in fact most of the time they don't, a fact you would have learned by listening to TWiV 55.

By: David

David — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:01:02 +0000

Mice lie, Monkeys exaggerate, Viruses…………….KILL??????

By: profvrr

profvrr — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:19:35 +0000

Relative inactivity index is a measure of the effect of influenza
virus infection on an animal, e.g. ferret. It's calculated as follows:
Σ(day 1 to day 7) [score + 1]n/Σ(day 1 to day 7) n, where n equals the
total number of observations.

By: BN

BN — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:17:32 +0000

What does Relative Inactivity Index (RII) means in studies of influenza transmission in animals? How is it calculated and interpreted?