TWiV 585: The coronavirus epidemic

The TWiVerers continue their coverage of the new coronavirus outbreak in China, as the number of cases increase dramatically and the virus begins person-to-person transmission in other countries.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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Links for this episode

• ASV 2020
• Real time tracking of 2019-nCoV (JHU)
• Estimation of 2019-nCoV R0 (Int J Inf Dis)
• WHO Sitreps on 2019-nCoV
• Coronavirus overtakes SARS (SCMP)
• HHS press conference
• Discovery of 2019-nCoV (bioRxiv)
• Rich CoV genes in bats (PLoS Path)
• Early 2019-nCoV transmission dynamics (NEJM)
• Clinical features of early 2019-nCoV patients (Lancet)
• Remdesvir for MERS-CoV (Nat Commun)
• Transmissibility of 2019-nCoV (Imperial Coll, pdf)
• Comparison of R0 of pathogens (Guardian)
• Forecast of 2019-nCoV (WHO, Univ Hong Kong, pdf)
• Quammen on 2019-nCoV (NY Times)
• Benefits of handwashing (NY Times)
• Asymptomatic 2019-CoV transmission (NEJM)
• Summary of TWiV 584
• Surgical vs N95 masks (JAMA)
• Letters read on TWiV 585
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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