This Week in Virology TWiV 1091: Skeeter poo and obelisks too
TWiV reviews resurgence of Lassa fever in West Africa, at least 3 paralytic cases of cVDPV2 in Zimbabwe, CWD from eating prion-laden plants, measles in New Orleans and Broward County Florida, failure of Florida Surgeon General to support vaccination, a measles variant in Switzerland, SARS-CoV-2 persistent infections, leaky blood-brain-barrier for long COVID brain fog, West Nile virus transmitted among mosquitoes by the excreta, and viroid-like colonists of human microbiomes.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit and Kathy Spindler
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- Resurgence of Lassa fever (Science)
- cVDPV2 in Zimbabwe (UNICEF)
- CWD from eating plants (CIDRAP)
- Measles in New Orleans (LA Dept Health)
- SARS-CoV-2 persistent infections (Nature)
- Leaky BBB for brain fog of long COVID (Nat Neurosci)
- Measles in Broward County FL (7 News)
- Failure of FL Surgeon General to support vaccination (X)
- Measles variant (Eurosurveillance)
- West Nile virus transmitted among mosquitos by excreta (bioRxiv)
- Mosquito life cycle (YouTube)
- Viroid-like colonists of human microbiomes (bioRxiv)
- Letters read on TWiV 1091
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Dickson – Sustainable energy in America 2024 factbook Kathy – Life Magnified USPS stamps Rich – “How plants communicate with each other when in danger” by Kasha Patel (Original Nature Communications article) Alan – A Sargasso Sea of Space card game. Vincent – Tell Me When It’s Over by Paul Offit
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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