TWiV reviews measles outbreaks in England and Europe, 2 fatal Nipah virus cases in Bangladesh, yellow fever outbreak in Sudan, and discuss how the type of immunodeficiency influences the outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infection, and programming of alveolar macrophages by intestinal bacteria that influences severity of respiratory viral infection.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Rich Condit
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- Pig virus imperils food security in Borneo (Science)
- Measles outbreaks in UK and Europe (Nature)
- Fatal Nipah virus infections in Bangladesh (CIDRAP)
- Yellow fever outbreak in Sudan (Crisis24)
- COVID-19 influenced by type of immunodeficiency (Sci Transl Med)
- Intestinal microbiota programming of alveolar macrophages (Cell Host Microbe)
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