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This Week in Virology
This Week in Virology

TWiV 1297: Spillover squirrel

1 tim 49 min•15 februari 2026

Om avsnittet

TWiV explains the observation that filamentous virions act as non-infectious interfering particles to modulate papillomavirus infection, and transmission of monkeypox virus from fire-footed rope squirrels to sooty mangabeys.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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Brianne – Silo TV series Kathy – Ancient RNA expression profiles from the extinct woolly mammoth and Ancient host-associated microbes obtained from mammoth remains Alan – Ubik, by Philip K. Dick Vincent – Starry Messenger by Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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