#Poliovirus

Some argue that there's *only* a 1% mortality rate for COVID-19, and so there's no point in trying to save lives by attempting mitigation or getting a vaccine. Let's assume
Read more
What does the word "eradicate" mean in the context of infectious disease? Short thread. (1/n) It means to completely eliminate an infectious agent or disease from the planet and it
Read more
To mark the anniversary of Edward Jenner's death we are celebrating his legacy of lives saved through vaccination and asking you to share how vaccines bring you hope. To start
Read more
The polyomavirus SIMIAN VIRUS 40 (SV40) is a known oncogenic DNA virus which induces primary brain and bone cancers, malignant mesothelioma, and lymphomas in laboratory animals.A thread on induced illness,
Read more
Excited to share our latest, out in @cellhostmicrobe. Great work by @alvalesano. This was a real team effort with major contributions from @mt2fus @famulare_mike many colleagues from @UVA_ID and @icddr_b
Read more
When it comes to wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) for #COVID surveillance, people ask the same question: How come it hasn’t been used before? Well, it has been. Here are a few
Read more
Welcome to...The Dr Jenner's House Vaccine Preventable Disease Advent CalendarOver the next 24 days we'll be telling you about 24 different infectious diseases, all of which can be prevented by
Read more
1. The polio story as you learned it is wrong. It’s one of the most often misunderstood sequence of events in the last two hundred years. I wanted to explain
Read more
The UK variant may have evolved in just one person, infected with the Sars-CoV-2 virus for an unusually long time.So what does this mean for the pandemic, and stopping future
Read more
Why is #asymptomatic spread important? Well today I was thinking about #polio virus. It was very #contagious, but 95% of people had no symptoms but were still infectious. About 4-5%
Read more
JUST ONE PERSON—UK scientists think one immunocompromised person who cleared virus slowly & only partially wiped out an infection, leaving behind genetically-hardier viruses that rebound & learn how to
Read more
#vaccines are topical againWe have anti-vaxxer and vaccine hesitant parents/carers who are very aware of vaccine ‘harms’ but are often less informed about what the imms are forA thread on
Read more
1. A lot of people are taking a second look at vaccines these days. As someone who’s written several books about them, I thought you might enjoy my personal opinion/list
Read more
1. In short, no.This is going to take a detailed thread to unpack.https://twitter.com/mattwridley/status/1270010444279877633 2. First, let's get the blog post out of the way. Ridley is speculating that the Asiatic
Read more
"Kill the flu VIRUS in one day?" The drug XOFLUZA, by Japanese Rx co. Shionogi & US co Roche, with just one dose, prevented the flu, in people AFTER EXPOSURE.
Read more
1/ Was the pandemic caused by SARS2 the result of vaccine research gone wrong? The following thread is the product of a DRASTIC* investigation: the possibility that SARS2 and RaTG13
Read more
By continuing to use the site, you are consenting to the use of cookies as explained in our Cookie Policy to improve your experience.