TWiV 1135: Resistance is not always futile

This Week in Virology

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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Links for this episode

• MicrobeTV Discord Server
• 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!

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Listener Pick

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