Daniel Griffin provides his weekly update on the COVID-19 clinical situation, followed by results of seroprevalence studies, analysis of CpG dinucleotide frequencies in the SARS-CoV-2 genome, and answers to listener questions. Click arrow to play Download TWiV 603 (70 MB .mp3, 116 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Show notes at ...

by Gertrud U. Rey On April 5, 2020, a tiger named Nadia at the Bronx Zoo was confirmed to be infected with SARS-CoV-2 after displaying symptoms of COVID-19. Nadia is presumed to have been infected by a zookeeper, along with several other lions and tigers who were also showing symptoms. ...

Daniel Griffin joins TWiV to update on the clinical situation, then we discuss a 382 nucleotide deletion in the SARS-CoV-2 genome, a scenario for emergence of the virus from a bat, followed by answers to listener email. Click arrow to play Download TWiV 600 (69 MB .mp3, 113 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google ...

Back in January 2020, I wrote about a deletion that appeared in the genome of SARS-CoV during the middle and late phase of the epidemic (link to article). A similar deletion has now been detected in the genome of SARS-CoV-2 (link to article). The deletion in the SARS-CoV genome occurred in ...

Doris Cully joins TWiV to discuss inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 in cell culture by ivermectin, followed by continuing analysis of the coronavirus pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 including COVID-19 in Nadia the tiger, and prediction of respiratory failure by levels of IL-6. Click arrow to play Download TWiV 599 (77 MB .mp3, 128 ...