TWiV 777: SARS-CoV-2 fitness with Ron Fouchier
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audio
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Medicine
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Publication Date |
Jul 08, 2021
Episode Duration |
01:36:23

Ron Fouchier explains why increased transmission of SARS-CoV-2-variants has not been demonstrated, and their ability to displace ancestral variants is due to greater fitness, much like influenza virus antigenic variation leads to better fitness and replacement of previously circulating variants.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

Guest: Ron Fouchier

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

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Ron Fouchier explains why increased transmission of SARS-CoV-2-variants has not been demonstrated, and their ability to displace ancestral variants is due to greater fitness, much like influenza virus antigenic variation leads to better fitness and replacement of previously circulating variants.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

Guest: Ron Fouchier

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Become a patron of TWiV!

Links for this episode Weekly Picks

Brianne – The Science News Cycle Kathy – mRNA Day Kariko & Weissman lectures and Q&A Vincent – Just Planes

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

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