T Cell Responses to Coronavirus Infection are Complicated
by Gertrud U. Rey Throughout the current pandemic, there has been a lot of talk about T cells and their role in protecting against SARS-CoV-2 infection and disease. Some data…
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Infection Fatality Rate €“ A Critical Missing Piece for Managing Covid-19
…indications of and risk factors for covid-19 disease, and because a large number of infections with SARS-CoV-2 result in mild or even asymptomatic disease, the IFR is likely to be…
A viral mashup in snakes
If you know anything about snakes you might be familiar with snake inclusion body disease, or IBD. This transmissible and fatal disease affects snakes of a variety of species but…
Trial By Error: My Follow-Up Follow-Up with Dr Segal about LP Study Citation
…attention on the illegitimacy of both the claim and the study on which it is based. Archives of Disease in Childhood published the study online in September, 2017. In December,…
Why do viruses cause disease?
Virulence, the capacity to cause disease, varies markedly among viruses. Some viruses cause lethal disease while others do not. For example, nearly all humans infected with rabies virus develop a…
Polio-like paralysis in California
…disease, and there is at least one report of its association with central nervous system disease. I believe it is an unlikely cause of the paralytic cases in California based…