TWiV reviews resurgence of Lassa fever in West Africa, at least 3 paralytic cases of cVDPV2 in Zimbabwe, CWD from eating prion-laden plants, measles in New Orleans and Broward County Florida, failure of Florida Surgeon General to support vaccination, a measles variant in Switzerland, SARS-CoV-2 persistent infections, leaky blood-brain-barrier for long COVID brain fog, West Nile virus transmitted among mosquitoes by the excreta, and viroid-like colonists of human microbiomes.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit and Kathy Spindler

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• Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf)
• The New City by Dickson Despommier
• Viruses of Microbes 2024
• Resurgence of Lassa fever (Science)
• cVDPV2 in Zimbabwe (UNICEF)
• CWD from eating plants (CIDRAP)
• Measles in New Orleans (LA Dept Health)
• SARS-CoV-2 persistent infections (Nature)
• Leaky BBB for brain fog of long COVID (Nat Neurosci)
• Measles in Broward County FL (7 News)
• Failure of FL Surgeon General to support vaccination (X)
• Measles variant (Eurosurveillance)
• West Nile virus transmitted among mosquitos by excreta (bioRxiv)
• Mosquito life cycle (YouTube)
• Viroid-like colonists of human microbiomes (bioRxiv)
• Letters read on TWiV 1091
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Weekly Picks

Dickson – Sustainable energy in America 2024 factbook
Kathy – Life Magnified USPS stamps
Rich – “How plants communicate with each other when in danger” by Kasha Patel (Original Nature Communications article)
Alan – A Sargasso Sea of Space card game.
Vincent – Tell Me When It’s Over by Paul Offit

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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