TWiV 995: Viral origin stories
This Week in Virology
English - March 26, 2023 04:00 - 2 hours - 70.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 2K ratingsScience Health & Fitness Medicine racaniello vincent twiv virus virology microbe microbiology pathogen infection infectious Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
TWiV discusses genetic evidence of susceptible wildlife in SARS-CoV-2 positive samples at the Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market, polio cases in African linked to a new polio vaccine that was designed to not cause the disease, and structural conservation of hepatitis B virus capsid proteins over millions of years despite a shift from a naked to an enveloped capsid.
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• More evidence for SARS-CoV-2 spillover (Zenodo)
•Polio cases linked to nOPV2 (Science; GPEI statement)
•nOPV2 on TWiV 756
•Engineering OPV to prevent reversion to neurovirulence (Cell Host Microbe)
•Stability of nOPV2 in children (npj Vaccines)
•2A changes compensate for 5′-UTR disruptions (Virology)
•HBV shifts from naked to enveloped (Nat Comm)
•Letters read on TWiV 995
•Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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