TWiV 1145: Heartbeats and hoofbeats

September 1, 2024

TWiV reviews a case of polio in Gaza, more Mpox, COVID-19 boosters, effectiveness of Ebola virus vaccine, measles cases across the US, an endogenous retroviral envelope protein that regulates human cardiomyocyte development, and submergence of an encephalitic alphavirus caused by receptor shifts.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

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Gaza baby has polio (Times Israel)

Monkeypox virus clade Ib in Thailand (CIDRAP)

Updated COVID-19 vaccines (FDA)

Effectiveness of Ebola virus vaccine (Lancet Inf Dis)

Measles cases in Georgia, Oregon (CIDRAP)

Retrovirus protein regulates cardiomyocyte development (Cell Stem Cell)

Receptor shifts govern submergence of encephalitis arbovirus (Nature)

Letters read on TWiV 1145

Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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