The TWiV team reveals that recent mumps virus outbreaks in the US are due to waning vaccine efficacy, and an intranasally delivered small interfering RNA that controls West Nile infection in the brain.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler

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Waning mumps vaccinein US (Sci Trans Med)
siRNA controlof West Nile virus brain infection (Cell Host Microbe)
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