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Florian Krammer is a virologist and vaccine developer. In his podcast viroLOGICAL he will talk about viruses on a weekly basis – from historical pandemics to current developments.A Podcastwerkstatt Original – produced between New York and Vienna.Photocredit: Medical…
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#34 – Junin Virus: a 30 Percent Fatality Rate, but There's a Vaccine (opens the original)
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Junin virus causes Argentine hemorrhagic fever, a disease with a case fatality rate of 20 to 30 percent. Florian Krammer explains why these New World arenaviruses are named after sand (they package host cell ribosomes that look like grains of sand under the electron microscope) and what makes their spike protein unusual: the signal peptide stays part of the glycoprotein complex, something found nowhere else in biology. The virus is carried by field mice, mainly the dryland vesper mouse, and peop
#33 – HMPV: the Common Respiratory Virus Nobody Knows (opens the original)
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Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is one of the most common respiratory viruses there is, yet few people have heard of it. Florian Krammer explains why this relative of RSV is the second most common cause of respiratory illness in children under five and is behind 8 to 15 percent of pneumonia cases in that age group.
#32 – Spanish Flu: Why It Also Killed the Young and Healthy (opens the original)
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The 1918 Spanish flu was the deadliest influenza pandemic on record: between 20 and 100 million people died, from a world population of just 1.8 billion at the time. Florian Krammer explains why this H1N1 virus, with a case fatality rate of two to three percent, was so dangerous, where the misleading name comes from (Spain was neutral and had a free press when warring countries did not) and why mortality peaked among 20 to 40 year olds in a distinctive W-shaped curve.
#31 – Canine Distemper: the Dog Virus That Threatens Whole Species (opens the original)
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Canine distemper virus is a paramyxovirus and a close relative of measles virus. Florian Krammer explains why the disease is so dangerous for unvaccinated dogs: in puppies between three and six months the case fatality rate is around 80 percent, and roughly 50 percent in adult dogs with no immunity.
#30 – Dabie Bandavirus: the Tick Virus From Asia (opens the original)
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Recorded in Sapporo, this episode is about a virus causing severe disease across Asia: SFTS virus, officially named Dabie bandavirus. It spreads mainly through the Asian longhorned tick, and in rare cases directly between people via blood and bodily fluids.
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