216: It starts with a cough

May 1, 2020 · 1 hr 3 min · Episode 216 · 46.3 MB

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The TWiM team discuses saliva as more sensitive for SARS-CoV-2 detection in COVID-19 patients than nasopharyngeal swab and how Mycobacterium tuberculosis sulfolipid-1 activates nociceptive neurons and induces cough.

Links for this episode:

Preventing the next pandemic (NY Times)
COVID-19 treatment guidelines (NIH)
Saliva sensitive for SARS-CoV-2 detection (medRxiv)
A mycobacterial molecule provokes cough (Cell)
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