Virology

TWiV 679: Mink, mutation, and myocytes

Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, Slovlakia's plan to test all adults for SARS-CoV-2 infection, viral variants arising in Danish mink and their potential threat to humans, why it is unethical to carry out challenge trials, Nipah virus dynamics in bats and spillovers into humans, and direct cardiac ...

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 suggest that 20-50% of people with no prior exposure to SARS-CoV-2 have T cells that recognize SARS-CoV-2 peptides, and that ...

My Zoom Bookshelf

In this short video, I take you through some of the science books on my bookshelf, next to the desk where lately I have been spending a lot of time on Zoom. Not surprisingly, most of the books are about viruses.

TWiV 677: Does antibody really know what time it is?

Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, then we discuss rapid deployment of SARS-CoV-2 testing by research laboratories in San Francisco, longitudinal observation of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in patients, and listener questions on vaccines, loss of smell, face masks, and more. Click arrow to playDownload TWiV 677 (97 MB .mp3, ...

Antiviral antibodies in COVID-19 patients

In infectious disease world, the term €œcorrelate of protection€ refers to something that can be measured - antibodies or T cells - which indicates that a person is protected against infection or disease. The correlates of protection for SARS-CoV-2 infection of humans are not yet known - after all it ...
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