Monthly Archives: April 2020
Coronavirus immunology and antibody dependent enhancement of disease
Bismillah, alhamdulillah: interesting podcast. Learned why dengue fever can be worse after the initial infection and production of antibodies. Antibody enhanced disease! When the immune system produces antibodies against the dengue virus the presence of these antibodies allow the virus to invade other cells that it could not without the presence of the antibody. ThisContinue reading “Coronavirus immunology and antibody dependent enhancement of disease”
COVID19 Update
*COVID19 Update from a German Coronavirus expert* Bismillah, alhamdulillah: a short update from TWiV 601. An interview with a German Coronavirus expert, Christian Drosten. The doctor runs his own daily podcast in German called Das Coronavirus podcast. Take home points: 1. Based on virological culture infectivity stops 5 days after the onset of symptoms inContinue reading “COVID19 Update”
COVID19 April 12 Roundup from TWiV 600
*COVID19 April 12 Roundup from TWiV 600* From: https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-600/ *Steroids*: cautious use in second week can be beneficial iv or oral. First week use associated with doubling of mortality. *New York: less admission but greater acuity* as people with low acuity are not being admitted *anti IL-6 Tociluzimab* : Still making sense *Hypercoagulability*: occurring inContinue reading “COVID19 April 12 Roundup from TWiV 600”
COVID19 11 April 2020 Roundup
COVID19 09 April 2020 Roundup Bismillah, alhamdulillah: WHO database not updated today. Pubmed search for 09 April 75 articles, 14 selected. TEST – Throat washing (gargle and collect) better than NP swab – noninvasive and reliable The 2019 novel coronavirus was detected in the self-collected throat washings. Positive testing rate of throat washing was muchContinue reading “COVID19 11 April 2020 Roundup”
COVID19 09 April 2020 Roundup
COVID19 09 April 2020 Roundup Bismillah, alhamdulillah SAFETY – N95 masks can be decontaminated with Hydrogen Peroxide upto 50 times and still retain their integrity. : Decontamination and Reuse of N95 Respirators with Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor to Address Worldwide Personal Protective Equipment Shortages During the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Pandemic doi.org/10.1177/1535676020919932 SAFETY – Non clinical areas non-clinicalContinue reading “COVID19 09 April 2020 Roundup”
COVID19 Roundup on a day off from the front line
*COVID19 Roundup on a day off from the front line* _Bismillah, alhamdulilah: Keeping up with the literature is difficult. Even the WHO collection of daily research has stopped tagging the research papers. I wonder whether funding cuts are going to bite further. Fellow medics & TWiV team are doing a great service – thank you!Continue reading “COVID19 Roundup on a day off from the front line”
What the boy who lived in a bubble could teach us in the era of COVID19
What the boy who lived in a bubble could teach us in the era of COVID19 Bismillah, alhamdulillah: It takes time for simple ideas to filter into the consciousness of the world, especially the medical world. David Phillip Vetter (September 21, 1971 – February 22, 1984) was an American boy. He lived his entire lifeContinue reading “What the boy who lived in a bubble could teach us in the era of COVID19”
COVID19 Roundup from April 6
*COVID19 Roundup from April 6 – rapid and brief guide to viral infections* _Bismillah, alhamdulillah: From TWiV 597 with immunologist Jon Yewdell from NIH joins Vincent and Rich to discuss immune responses in the context of infection with SARS-CoV-2 and a quick whirlwind tour of the amazing gift of the immune system given by God._Continue reading “COVID19 Roundup from April 6”
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