TWiV reviews whats going on with measles and its global resurgence, poliovirus found in Gaza, vaccine hesitancy in a community, 14 year old dies of Nipah, selection of SARS-CoV-2 viruses resistant to nirmatrelvir, and protective but non-neutralizing antibodies from survivors of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Brianne Barker, and Angela Mingarelli
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Links for this episode
What’s going on with measles? (J Virol)
Poliovirus in Gaza (Science)
Sanitation concerns in Gaza (AP)
Community vaccine beliefs (PLoS One)
14 year old dies of Nipah in India (Hindustan Times)
Selection of nirmatrelvir resistance mutants (Sci Adv)
CCHFV monoclonal antibodies (Cell Rep)
CCHFV vaccine (TWiV 565)
Prometheus Project (TWiV 578)
TWiV at USAMRIID (TWiV 1015)
Letters read on TWiV 1135
Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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