Reservoir bats and jumbo phage

TWiV discusses effectiveness of this season’s flu vaccine, efficacy of Pfizer RSV vaccine, nOPV2 in the US, dengue in Peru, measles in Michigan and Indiana, how coordinated inflammatory responses dictate control of Marburg virus by reservoir bats, and tRNA acquisition in phages driven by degradation of host translational machinery.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, Brianne Barker, and Jolene Ramsey

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• The New City by Dickson Despommier
• Effectiveness of flu vaccine (MMWR, Eurosurveill)
• Efficacy of Pfizer RSV vaccine (Pfizer)
• Understanding six types of vaccine technologies (Pfizer)
• nOPV in US? (CDC)
• Dengue in Peru (Peruvian State)
• Measles in Michigan and Indiana
• Marburg virus control by reservoir bats (Nat Commun)
• tRNA acquisition by phages (Cell)
• Viruses of Microbes 2024
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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