TWiV 1135: Resistance is not always futile
Episode description
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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- 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!
Angela – Animal research is not always king
Brianne – Why the US has more tornadoes than any other country
Dickson – Earth’s core has slowed so much it’s moving backward
Alan – Article about the Smithsonian’s forensic ornithology lab, led by Carla Dove
Vincent – Seventh patient ‘cured’ of HIV: why scientists are excited
Charles – An Inquiry into Morals by Robert M. Pirsig and My Beloved Monster by Caleb Carr
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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