TWiV 1031: Death on the West Nile

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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Links for this episode

• MicrobeTV Discord Server
• MicrobeTV store at Cafepress
• 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!

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