This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

TWiV is a weekly netcast about viruses - the kind that make you sick. Brought to you by four university professors and a science writer.

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This Week in Virology

Episodes (1000)

Sunday Spillover squirrel
Sat Feb 14th Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
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This Week in Virology

Feb 15, 2026
2½ hours
62 MB

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 Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education at MicrobeTV Positions in Rosenfeld Lab (email) FDA refuses to review Moderna flu mRNA vaccine (CIDRAP) Oz measles vaccine call, too little too late? (dw.com) Defective human papillomavirus interfering virus particles (J Virol) Fire-footed rope squirrel poten...

This Week in Virology

Spillover squirrel

Vincent Racaniello

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