TWiV 1105: All the T and B in China

This Week in Virology

TWiV reviews influenza H5N1 in North American cows and in birds throughout New York City, polio health emergency extended, ChatGPT to control vaccine hesitancy, increasing viral hepatitis worldwide, dengue public health alert in Puerto Rico, cherry trees drowning in Washington DC, death of iron lung Paul, origin and dispersal history of hepatitis B virus in Eastern Eurasia, and antibody-independent protection against heterologous SARS-CoV-2 challenge.

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

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Links for this episode

• MicrobeTV Discord Server
• MicrobeTV store at Cafepress
• Become a member of ASV (asv.org)
• The New City by Dickson Despommier (blog post)
• Navigating the U.S. Immigration System webinar
• International Conferene on Pandemic Preparedness
• Avian influenza in dairy cows North Carolina and South Dakota
• H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4 Pathogenic flu throughout NYC
• Polio from Afghanistan to Pakistan extending public health emergency
• CHAT GPT to combat vaccine hesitancy
• Viral hepatitis worldwide
• Dengue public health alert in Puerto Rico
• Cherry trees being drowned by water level rise in DC
• Paul in iron lung dies (NPR)
• Hepatitis B virus in Eastern Eurasia (Nat Comm)
• Antibody-independent protection against heterologous SARS-CoV-2 (Nature)
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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