TWiV reviews resurgence of Lassa fever in West Africa, at least 3 paralytic cases of cVDPV2 in Zimbabwe, CWD from eating prion-laden plants, measles in New Orleans and Broward County Florida, failure of Florida Surgeon General to support vaccination, a measles variant in Switzerland, SARS-CoV-2 persistent infections, leaky blood-brain-barrier for long COVID brain fog, West Nile virus transmitted among mosquitoes by the excreta, and viroid-like colonists of human microbiomes.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit and Kathy Spindler
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- Become a member of ASV (asv.org) 5:04
- Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf) 7:26
- The New City by Dickson Despommier 8:00
- Viruses of Microbes 2024 4:33
- Resurgence of Lassa fever (Science) 9:23
- cVDPV2 in Zimbabwe (UNICEF) 12:53
- CWD from eating plants (CIDRAP) 15:58
- Measles in New Orleans (LA Dept Health) 18:11
- SARS-CoV-2 persistent infections (Nature) 21:57
- Leaky BBB for brain fog of long COVID (Nat Neurosci) 22:40
- Measles in Broward County FL (7 News) 18:29
- Failure of FL Surgeon General to support vaccination (X) 19:15
- Measles variant (Eurosurveillance) 21:01
- West Nile virus transmitted among mosquitos by excreta (bioRxiv) 24:08
- Mosquito life cycle (YouTube) 40:48
- Viroid-like colonists of human microbiomes (bioRxiv) 54:43, 56:10
- Letters read on TWiV 1091 1:21:35
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Weekly Picks 1:34:17
Dickson – Sustainable energy in America 2024 factbook
Kathy – Life Magnified USPS stamps
Rich – “How plants communicate with each other when in danger” by Kasha Patel (Original Nature Communications article)
Alan – A Sargasso Sea of Space card game.
Vincent – Tell Me When It’s Over by Paul Offit
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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