TWiV 1259: Capricious flu and a tickborne clue

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

Vincent, Microbe, Medicine, Microbiology, Racaniello, Infection, Virus, Virology, Pathogen, Infectious, Twiv, Science & Medicine

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2025

⏱️ 104 minutes

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TWiV reviews experiments to understand infection, pathogenesis, and transmission of avian H5N1 influenza virus in goats, and identification of a cellular receptor for tick-borne encephalitis virus. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education at MicrobeTV Public trust in science (Nature) Culling of H5N1 ostriches in Canada (Science) H5N1 in goats (Cell Rep) Receptor for tick-borne encephalitis virus (Nature) Letters read on TWiV 1259 Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Brianne – Astronomers find clues suggesting Planet Y Alan – A tower of worms wriggles like a single organism Vincent – The EPA Is Ending Greenhouse Gas Data Collection. Who Will Step Up to Fill the Gap? Listener Picks Jay – Who Killed the Electric Car Douglas – Measles and Polio Down in the Schoolyard – Marsh Family parody 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.
0:10.4	From MicrobTV, this is Twiv. This week in Virology, episode 1259, recorded on October 3, 2025.
0:22.1	I'm Vincent Rackeniello, and you're listening to the podcast, All About Viruses.
0:27.6	Joining me today from Western Massachusetts, Alan Dove.
0:31.8	Good to be here.
0:33.2	Here in Western Mass, it's 72 Fahrenheit right now.
0:37.1	Pretty clear skies, and that's 22C.
0:41.8	Very, very nice weather, just a little bit of fall in the air,
0:45.9	and then it's supposed to warm up again and then cool off again.
0:49.1	It's currently 23C in Chelsea, but this morning on the train platform,
0:53.8	it was 8C.
0:56.0	Oh my gosh, 8 degrees above freezing.
0:59.9	Also joining us from Madison, New Jersey, Breanne Barker.
1:03.4	Hi, it's great to be here.
1:05.6	It is 74 degrees Fahrenheit in Madison, and similar to the way Alan described, very nice.
1:11.4	I took a walk at lunchtime, and it was a lovely walk.
1:15.0	It's a nice fall.
1:18.5	Walking is good.
1:19.5	I appreciate walking.
1:20.9	On my travels, I walked a lot.
1:24.1	My hotel was in Greece was a kilometer and a half from the conference center.
1:28.3	I used to walk back and forth.
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