Viruses and obesity?
…field day with headlines like ‘Can a common cold virus really make you fat’?. Reactions on Twitter and blogs ranged from disbelief to outrage to ‘what will they think of…
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India has been free of polio for three years
…where control of the disease had for years been extremely difficult. As recently as 2009 there were 741 confirmed cases of polio caused by wild-type virus in India. Being polio-free…
Ebola in pigs – Nipah redux?
…not cause severe disease. In contrast, African strains of Ebola, such as Zaire and Sudan, are associated with high fatality rates. It is not known how Ebola-Reston infected the Phillipine…
TWiV 82: Immunology in silico
…to better control of HIV-1 infection, and a mouse model for severe antibody-induced dengue virus disease. This episode is sponsored by Data Robotics Inc. Use the promotion code TWIVPOD to…
My virology course at Columbia University
…the late 1980s. This is a serious omission for a first-class University. Sending graduates into the world without even a fundamental understanding of viruses and viral disease is inexcusable. Course…
Influenza and gastrointestinal symptoms
…is some suggestion that perhaps cases are developing diarrhea more often than is normal with seasonal influenza influenza or seen with seasonal influenza. But human influenza is a respiratory disease…