…to cause paralysis. For more information on vaccine derived polioviruses, see our previous discussion of the Venezuelan incident. A similar type 1 circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) was also isolated in…
…SARS-CoV-2 vaccines used in the U.S. only encode the viral spike protein (none encode nucleocapsid [N] protein), and thus they only stimulate production of antibodies against spike. This approach differentiates…
…issue of PNAS demonstrates that immune modulation with a sphingosine analog significantly dampens the cytokine response in mice infected with influenza virus, thereby reducing tissue injury. The authors used intranasal…
…the effectiveness of surgical masks, fit- and non-fit tested N95 respirators in conferring protection from clinical respiratory illness, influenza-like illness, and laboratory confirmed influenza. Surgical masks were not effective, while…
Earlier this year an influenza virus animation spread on YouTube just after the emergence of swine-origin influenza H1N1. I invited readers to criticise the animation which contained several errors. A…
The emergence of oseltamivir (Tamiflu)-resistant 2009 H1N1 influenza virus in a Canadian family illustrates the basic concept that viral loads depend on the dose of antiviral drug. Neuraminidase inhibitors like…
