TWiV 1031: Death on the West Nile
Episode description
TWiV notes the passing of virologist Michael BA Oldstone, a study to assess the performance of rapid antigen tests to detect symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, and the presence of antibodies to type I interferons in ~40% of patients with West Nile virus encephalitis.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Alan Dove
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- Position in Rosenfeld Laboratory (pdf)
- XKCD on antivaxxers
- RFK Jr. CDC or FDA head? (Politico)
- Performance of rapid antigen tests (Ann Int Med)
- Guidance on rapid antigen tests (FDA)
- Autoantibodies to IFN in West Nile virus encephalitis (JEM)
- Letters read on TWiV 1031
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Rich – The Final Covid-19 Grand Rounds: What Have We Learned?
Alan – Teaching biology to Tibetan Buddhist monks
Vincent – I got it from Agnes by Tom Lehrer and Why Oppenheimer has important lessons for scientists today
Ryan – Paul Offit on PBS Newshour to explain RFK Jr.’s Congressional Hearing
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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