TWiV 902: Autoantibodies drive severe COVID-19

<p>TWiV reviews recent cases of monkeypox, presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA but not infectious virus in feces, and the association of autoantibodies to interferons with severe COVID-19.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello">Vincent Racaniello</a>, <a href="http://trichinella.org/">Dickson Despommier</a>, <a href= "http://mgm.ufl.edu/profile/condit-rich/">Rich Condit</a>, <a href= "https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/spindler-lab/">Kathy Spindler</a>, and <a href= "http://twitter.com/bioprofbarker">Brianne Barker</a></p> <p>Subscribe (free): <a title= "http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=300973784" href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-virology/id1176779065">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href= "https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL3R3aXYubWljcm9iZXdvcmxkLmxpYnN5bnByby5jb20vdHdpdg%3D%3D">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href= "http://twiv.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/twiv">RSS</a>, <a href="http://eepurl.com/Gcw59">email</a></p> <p>Become a <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of TWiV!</p> <h3 id="links-for-this-episode">Links for this episode</h3> <ul> <li><a href= "https://promedmail.org/promed-post/?id=8703351">Monkeypox</a> in MA (ProMed Mail)</li> <li>Possible <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/19/nyregion/monkeypox-case-ny.html"> monkeypox in NYC</a> (NY Times)</li> <li><a href= "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17953084/">Occupational</a> monkeypox, Wisconsin (Emerg Inf Dis)</li> <li>SARS-CoV-2 in <a href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-11439-7">feces</a> (Nature)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2200413119?af=R">IFN autoantibodies</a> and severe COVID-19 (PNAS)</li> <li><a href="https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-902-letters/">Letters read</a> on TWiV 902</li> <li>Timestamps by <a href= "http://www.twitter.com/jrrmicro">Jolene</a>. Thanks!</li> </ul> <h3 id="weekly-picks-1-34-06">Weekly Picks</h3> <p><strong>Dickson</strong> – <a href= "https://www.nasa.gov/mediacast/gravity-