zoonosis

H5N1 in U.S. Dairy Cattle: An Unprecedented Event in the History of Virology

1 Comment / Basic virology, Commentary, Fabrício Souza Campos, Information / By Gertrud U. Rey

by Fabrício Souza Campos Fabrício Souza Campos is a virologist and professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil. He coordinates the Graduate Program in Agricultural and Environmental Microbiology and leads research on virus surveillance in wildlife and domestic animals, with a focus on zoonotic threats and One Health. He has …

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Viruses and Bats

4 Comments / Basic virology, Gertrud Rey / By Gertrud U. Rey

by Gertrud U. Rey Remember the series of flashbacks in the ending of the movie “Contagion,” which reveal where the virus originated and how the pandemic started? As a tree is cut down, a colony of bats flies out of the tree to seek new shelter. While in flight over a nearby farm, one of …

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TWiV 966: 1918 influenza with Jeffery Taubenberger

This Week in Virology / By Vincent Racaniello

Vincent travels to the NIH campus to speak with Jeffery Taubenberger about his career, the 1918 influenza pandemic, deciphering the genome sequence of the virus from tissues of disease victims and using it to rescue infectious virus.

TWiV Special: Monkeypox clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

This Week in Virology / By Vincent Racaniello

In this special episode, Dr. Griffin answers questions about the recent cases of monkeypox including their origin, clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and overall risk.

TWiV 896: Memory B cells, the way we were

1 Comment / This Week in Virology / By Vincent Racaniello

TWiV explains a study of how climate change is predicted to increase cross-species viral transmission risk, and increased memory B cell potency and breadth after a SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine boost. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Amy Rosenfeld Click arrow to playDownload TWiV 896 (65 MB .mp3, 108 min)Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Show notes at …

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TWiV 891: LLOV in the time of Ebola

This Week in Virology / By Vincent Racaniello

Elke, Adam, and Gabor join TWiV to discuss their work on Lloviu virus, a filovirus, including recovery of infectious virus from a DNA copy of the genome and from Schreiber’s bats in Hungary.

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