TWiV 757: Supershedders and super vaccines

TWiV reveals that 2% of SARS-CoV-2−positive individuals carry 90% of the virus circulating in a college campus, and a nanoparticle vaccine that induces cross-reactive immunity against multiple pandemic and pre-emergent coronaviruses.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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Links for this episode

• ASV vaccine town halls
• 2% of SARS-CoV-2 positives carry most viral RNA (PNAS)
• Pan-coronavirus nanoparticle vaccine (Nature)
• Why HIV-1 particles have few spikes (PLoS Path)
• Letters read on TWiV 757
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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