S2 E6: Playing Chicken with a Train: The Potential of Avian Influenza

11/27/21 • 35 min

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This is the Season Finale for Potential Infectious Diseases. We're looking at the potential of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. Could it become a pandemic? How would an outbreak affect the food supply? Let's find out.
Avian Influenza Research
Naming of Influenza Viruses:
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/molecules-to-medicine/h1n-what-wading-through-the-alphabet-soup-of-flu-names/
https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-meaning-numbers-next-h-and-n-avian-influenza-designations?qt-news_science_products=0#qt-news_science_products
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/viruses/types.htm
Avian Influenza as an Emerging Disease:
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/h5n1/case-definitions.htm
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0147957108000088?via%3Dihub
https://europepmc.org/article/med/19618616
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0147957108000088
Epidemiology, Etiology and Pathology:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6246153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK459363/
https://www.fao.org/avianflu/en/clinical.html
https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poultry/avian-influenza/avian-influenza
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK553072/
https://virologyj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12985-021-01504-4
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/professionals/genetic-characterization.htm
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579119360328
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/influenza-(avian-and-other-zoonotic)
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/avian-in-humans.htm
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/virus-transmission.htm
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18403604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2329826/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0145305X99000786
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/viruses/change.htm
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4001451/
Jump Theory:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4948863/
Leptospirosis mimicking hantavirus:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30882283/
https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/Documents/Diseases%20and%20Conditions/Hantavirus%20.pdf
https://www.doh.wa.gov/YouandYourFamily/IllnessandDisease/Hantavirus
Parasitic Infections:
https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/toxocariasis/biology.html

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S2 E5: Bats in Your Belfry: The Potential of Nipah Virus

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Nipah Virus Research
Recent News:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nipah-virus-outbreak-india-kerala/
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/09/12/1035571714/why-the-world-should-be-more-than-a-bit-worried-about-indias-nipah-virus-outbrea
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8506197/
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/871500
Etiology and Pathology:
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/nipah-virus
https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/nipah/index.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6830995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8426161/
https://www.nature.com/articles/srep30916
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27154393/
Bat Conservation:
file:///C:/Users/jjmor/Downloads/B4220.pdf
https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=125883
https://www.ted.com/talks/arinjay_banerjee_why_bats_don_t_get_sick/transcript?language=en#t-340398
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/05/200506133614.htm
https://www.livescience.com/26898-bats-host-human-infecting-viruses.html
Today's Podcast Promos are:
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Darkcast Network on Twitter @DarkcastNetwork
Questions by:
JT and Mike at Brew Crimes @brewcrime on Twitter
Eric at True Consequences @trueconspod on Twitter
Chris at 10 Drink Minimum @10drinkminimum on Twitter

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S3 E1: Crippled Generation: The Story of Poliovirus

3 Recommendations

The story of poliovirus is a long one. This episode covers the history of the disease from its beginning, along with a personal story of my aunt, Dorothy Williams who contracted polio as a child.
Polio Research
Etiology and Pathology:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3859295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK558944/
https://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/infectious-diseases/enteroviruses/poliomyelitis
History and Current Status:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4212416/
https://www.cdc.gov/polio/what-is-polio/polio-us.html
https://www.historyofvaccines.org/timeline#EVT_100306
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/polio/public/index.html
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7039a1.htm?s_cid=mm7039a1_w
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7034a1.htm?s_cid=mm7034a1_w
Socioeconomics of Polio:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27083562/
Vaccine Research:
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/concerns-history.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK221112/
The Cutter Incident:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1383764/
Dr. Paul A. Offit M.D.. The Cutter Incident: How America's First Polio Vaccine Led to the Growing Vaccine Crisis (Kindle Location 2832). Kindle Edition.
This book is really worth the read. It not only describes the challenges of polio as a history, but also talks about why pharmaceutical companies are reluctant to make vaccines. I highly recommend it.
Steps to Eradication:
https://www.un.org/africarenewal/news/polio-no-longer-endemic-nigeria-%E2%80%93-un-health-agency
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7034a1.htm
https://www.cdc.gov/polio/progress/index.htm
mRNA vaccine research:
https://biontech.de/covid-19-portal/mrna-vaccines
The Nuremburg Code:
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm199711133372006
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