Infectious Disease Puscast

On episode #117 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 9/29 – 10/12/26. Hosts:  Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts ,  RSS , email Become a  patron  of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Against Influenza A–Associated Hospitalization and Severe In-Hospital Outcomes Amo...

On episode #116 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 9/16 – 9/21/26. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts ,  RSS , email Become a  patron  of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Oya Virus in a Patient with Severe Hepatitis, Enteritis, and Coagulopathy (NEJM) Two Versus One COVID-19 Vaccine Dos...

On episode #115 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 9/1 – 9/14/26. Hosts:  Daniel Griffin  and  Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts ,  RSS , email Become a  patron  of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Immunogenicity of  fractional  one-fifth and one-half doses of 17DD yellow fever vaccine compared with full dose i...

On episode #114 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 8/18 – 8/31/26. Hosts:  Daniel Griffin  and  Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts ,  RSS , email Become a  patron  of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral HPV Vaccination and  Risk  of Head and Neck Cancers: A Large Real-World Cohort Study (International Society for I...

On episode #113 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 8/4 – 8/17/26. Hosts:  Daniel Griffin  and  Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts ,  RSS , email Become a  patron  of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Two-year durability  of MVA-BN vaccine-induced antibodies and the risk of Mpox breakthrough infections among high-...

On episode #112 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 7/20 – 8/3/26. Host:  Daniel Griffin  and  Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts ,  RSS , email Become a  patron  of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral The genomic identity of  early smallpox  in South America (Science) Telltale DNA: First direct evidence found that the  Spa...

On episode #111 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 7/7 – 7/20/26. Host:  Daniel Griffin  and  Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts ,  RSS , email Become a  patron  of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Impact of HIV-1 RNA Assay  Selection  on Low-Level Viremia and Clinical Trial Endpoint Interpretations (CID) Seroprevalence...

On episode #110 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 6/23 – 7/6/26. Host:  Daniel Griffin Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts ,  RSS , email Become a  patron  of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Oseltamivir Resistance  in Human Influenza A(H5N1) and A(H7N9) Infections: a mini review (OFID) Analysis of Viral Blips Through Week 192 of...

On episode #109 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 6/4 – 6/22/26. Host:  Daniel Griffin  and  Sarah Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts ,  RSS , email Become a  patron  of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral CMV viraemia  is associated with mortality among children with HIV starting antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan...

On episode #108 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 5/21 – 6/3/26. Host:  Daniel Griffin  and  Sarah Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts ,  RSS , email Become a  patron  of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Performance of five  mpox antigen-based rapid diagnostic tests  tested on lesion swabs from patients with suspecte...

On episode #107 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 5/7 – 5/20/26. Host: Daniel Griffin  and  Sarah Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts ,  RSS , email Become a  patron  of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral FDA Grants  Accelerated Approval  to Gilead's Hepcludex® (bulevirtide-gmod), the First and Only Approved Treatment...

On episode #106 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 4/23 – 5/6/26. Host:  Daniel Griffin  and  Sarah Dong Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  RSS , email Become a  patron  of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Andes hantavirus  outbreak in cruise ship, 11 May 2026 ( European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) 2026...

On episode #105 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 4/9 – 4/22/26. Host:  Daniel Griffin  and  Sarah Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts ,  RSS , email Become a  patron  of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Oral Nirmatrelvir–Ritonavir for Covid-19 in  Higher-Risk  Outpatients (NEJM) Same Pill,  Different Impact  — Reass...

On episode #104 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 3/26 – 4/8/26. Host:  Daniel Griffin  and  Sarah Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts ,  RSS , email Become a  patron  of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Risk of Multiple Sclerosis Among Persons With  Epstein-Barr Virus–Positive  Mononucleosis (Neurology) Bacterial Di...

On episode #103 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 3/12 – 3/25/26. Host:  Daniel Griffin  and  Sarah Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts ,  RSS , email Become a  patron  of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Probable Japanese Encephalitis Virus  Transmission  through Organ Transplantation (NEJM) Clinical Characteristics...

On episode #102 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 2/26 – 3/11/26. Host:  Daniel Griffin  and  Sarah Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts ,  RSS , email Become a  patron  of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Measles Outbreak —  New Mexico, 2025  (CDC: MMWR) Epidemiology of  HMPV and Other Respiratory Viral Infections  A...

On episode #101 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 2/12 – 2/25/26. Host:  Daniel Griffin  and  Sarah Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts ,  RSS , email Become a  patron  of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Impact of Proviral-DNA M184V/I on 96-Week Outcomes of  DTG/3TC  Maintenance Therapy: Results From the VOLVER Clinical Tri...

On episode #100 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 1/29/26 – 2/11/26. Host:  Daniel Griffin  and  Sarah Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts ,  RSS , email Become a  patron  of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Type I IFN  autoantibodies  underlie chikungunya live-attenuated vaccine encephalitis (PNAS) Dengue Suppression by  Ma...

On episode #99 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 1/15/26 - 1/28/26. Host:  Daniel Griffin  and  Sarah Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts ,  RSS , email Become a  patron  of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Symptomatic and  asymptomatic norovirus  infections in early life; The PREVAIL Cohort, 2017-2020 (CID) Bacterial Xenodi...

On episode #98 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 1/1/26 – 1/14/26. Host:  Daniel Griffin Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts ,  RSS , email Become a  patron  of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Rhinovirus-Associated  Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Hospitalized Adult Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study (JID) Demise  of th...

On episode #97 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 12/18/25 – 12/31/25. Host:  Daniel Griffin Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts ,  RSS , email Become a  patron  of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Outcomes Related to  Bacterial Co-Infection and Antibiotic Use  in Adults Hospitalized With Respiratory Syncytial Virus Compared with...

On episode #96 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 12/4/25 – 12/17/25. Host:  Daniel Griffin  and  Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts ,  RSS , email Become a  patron  of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Rabies Cluster Among  Steer  on a Dairy Farm — Minnesota, 2024 (CDC:MMWR) Incidence of  community-acquired pneu...

On episode #95 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 11/20/25 – 12/3/25. Host:  Daniel Griffin  and  Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts ,  RSS , email Become a  patron  of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Early low-dose dexamethasone is associated with shorter acute symptom duration in  Chikungunya virus infection...

On episode #94 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 11/11/25 – 11/19/25. Host:  Daniel Griffin  and  Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts ,  RSS , email Become a  patron  of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral Epstein-Barr virus  reprograms  autoreactive B cells as antigen-presenting cells in systemic lupus erythematos...

On episode #93 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 10/23/25 – 11/10/25. Host:  Daniel Griffin  and  Sara Dong Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts ,  RSS , email Become a  patron  of Puscast! Links for this episode Viral High Prevalence of  Varicella Zoster Virus  Infection among Persons with Suspect Mpox Cases during an Mpox Out...