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This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

TWiV 1175: A hitchiker's guide to virology

DEC 15, 2024120 MIN
This Week in Virology

TWiV 1175: A hitchiker's guide to virology

DEC 15, 2024120 MIN

Description

TWiV reviews the appearance of poliovirus in Europe, mystery disease in DRC, global burden of Chikungunya, viruses of parasitic nematodes that induce antibody responses in vertebrate hosts, and picobirnaviruses, do they infect eukaryotes or prokaryotes?

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Jolene Ramsey

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Links for this episode Weekly Picks

Alan – Sondehub and radiosonde hunting Jolene – Book “10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People” By David Yeager Vincent – Dr. Vinay Prasad “Sabotaging RFK Jr’s Confirmation Will Increase Vaccine Hesitancy” & “Doctors Criticizing RFK Jr. Paved the Way for His Ascendancy”

Listener Picks

Syl – Foldscope Jennifer – minutiae

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]

Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.