TWiV 1141: Being green with the Red Queen

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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🗓️ 18 August 2024

⏱️ 103 minutes

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TWiV discusses the spread of monkeypox virus clade 1b in Africa, COVID drops to tenth leading cause of death in the US, response to detection of poliovirus in Gaza, mechanism of MIS-C after SARS-CoV-2 infection, neonatal Fc receptor is a pan-arterivirus receptor, and antiviral immunity in plants mediated by protein arginine methyltransferase 6. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Mpox widespread in Africa (CIDRAP) Africa declares Mpox emergency (Science) COVID drops to 10th leading cause of US deaths (MMWR) Response to detection of poliovirus in Gaza (WHO) Molecular mimicry in MIS-C (Nature) Neonatal Fc receptor is pan-arterivirus receptor (Nat Comm) Antiviral immunity in plants by protein arginine methytransferase 6 (Cell Host Micr) Letters read on TWiV 1141 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Brianne – Kate Douglass: Olympian and Statistician (Swimming in Data) Dickson – Women of recent note: Kamala Harris (Democratic Party presidential candidate); Katie Ladecky (10,000 meters); Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (400 meter hurdles); Gabby Thomas, Sha’Carri Richardson, Melissa Jefferson, and Twanisha Terry (4 x 100 relay); women’s basketball team Rich – Texas State University Forensic Anthropology Research Facility Vincent – Sea lion ‘camera crews’ capture new footage of ocean floor Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected] Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

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0:00.0	This Week in Virology, the Podcast About Viruses, the kind that make you sick.
0:07.0	From Micrope TV, this is Twive this weekend virology.
0:15.7	Episode 1141 recorded on August 12, 2024. I'm Vincent Rignello and you're listening to the
0:24.8	podcast all about viruses. Joining me today from Fort Lee, New Jersey, Dixon
0:31.2	Despoir. Hello Vincent and everybody else.
0:35.0	Looking out the window, it is a largely overcast day.
0:39.0	I have not been outside, believe it or not, so I don't know what the weather is like except that it looks not too bad
0:46.3	It's probably in the low 80s humidity around 55% that's my guess
0:51.5	Very good. It's 50%
0:53.4	50% you're really good with that.
0:54.4	Oh okay then.
0:55.4	It's 27 see here in cloudy this morning.
0:58.0	I have very sunny.
0:59.0	Sunny this morning.
1:01.0	Also joining us from Austin, Texas, Rich Condit.
1:04.3	Hi everybody, 96 degrees Fahrenheit.
1:08.3	And you know sunny it's Texas. It's I don't think it's going to be 100 today and if it's not
1:18.0	a hundred that's a good day. So Rich all those people that were without power for a long
1:22.2	time and we kept hearing about do they now
1:24.7	have their power in Texas?
1:26.6	Far as I know, but that's some distance from me that storm didn't touch us.
1:34.6	Right.
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