TWiV reviews resurgence of Lassa fever in West Africa, at least 3 paralytic cases of cVDPV2 in Zimbabwe, CWD from eating prion-laden plants, measles in New Orleans and Broward County Florida, failure of Florida Surgeon General to support vaccination, a measles variant in Switzerland, SARS-CoV-2 persistent infections, leaky blood-brain-barrier for long COVID brain fog, West Nile virus transmitted among mosquitoes by the excreta, and viroid-like colonists of human microbiomes. Hosts: <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello">Vincent Racaniello</a>, <a title="" href= "http://trichinella.org/">Dickson Despommier</a>, <a title="" href="http://www.turbidplaque.com/">Alan Dove</a>, <a title="" href="https://mgm.ufl.edu/profile/condit-rich/">Rich Condit</a> and <a title="" href= "https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/microbiology-immunology/katherine-r-spindler-phd"> Kathy Spindler</a> Subscribe (free): <a title= "http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=300973784" href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-virology/id1176779065"> Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href= "https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL3R3aXYubWljcm9iZXdvcmxkLmxpYnN5bnByby5jb20vdHdpdg%3D%3D">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href= "http://twiv.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/twiv">RSS</a>, <a href="http://eepurl.com/Gcw59">email</a> Become a <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of TWiV! Links for this episode <ul> <li><a href="https://discord.gg/xA4JX7AeeU">MicrobeTV Discord Server</a></li> <li>MicrobeTV store at <a title="" href= "http://cafepress.com/twiv">Cafepress</a></li> <li>Become a member of ASV (<a title="" href= "http://asv.org/">asv.org</a>)</li> <li>Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (<a href= "https://twiv.s3.amazonaws.com/Research+Assistant.pdf">pdf</a>)</li> <li><a title="" href="http://www.despommier.com/">The New City</a> by Dickson Despommier</li> <li><a title="" href="https://www.vom2024.org/">Viruses of Microbes 2024</a></li> <li>Resurgence of <a title="" href= "https://www.science.org/content/article/deadly-viral-illness-exploding-west-africa-researchers-are-scrambling-figure-out-why">Lassa fever </a>(Science)</li> <li><a title="" href= "https://www.unicef.org/media/152321/file/Zimbabwe-Polio-Response-SitRep-16-February-2024.pdf"> cVDPV2</a> in Zimbabwe (UNICEF)</li> <li>CWD from <a title="" href= "https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/chronic-wasting-disease/plants-can-take-cwd-causing-prions-soil-lab-what-happens-if-they-are-eaten">eating plants</a> (CIDRAP)</li> <li><a title="" href= "https://ldh.la.gov/news/7268">Measles</a> in New Orleans (LA Dept Health)</li> <li>SARS-CoV-2 <a title="" href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07029-4">persistent infections</a> (Nature)</li> <li>Leaky BBB for <a title="" href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-024-01576-9">brain fog of long COVID</a> (Nat Neurosci)</li> <li><a title="" href= "https://wsvn.com/news/local/broward/students-return-to-manatee-bay-elementary-following-6-confirmed-cases-of-measles/"> Measles</a> in Broward County FL (7 News)</li> <li>Failure of FL Surgeon General to <a title="" href= "https://twitter.com/han_francis/status/1760129416707911886">support vaccination</a> (X)</li> <li>Measles <a title="" href= "https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.5.2400034#html_fulltext">variant</a> (Eurosurveillance)</li> <li>West Nile virus <a title="" href= "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.29.577888v1.full">transmitted among mosquitos</a> by excreta (bioRxiv)</li> <li>Mosquito <a title="" href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUrOcquy8IU">life cycle</a> (YouTube)</li> <li><a title="" href= "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.20.576352v1">Viroid-like colonists</a> of human microbiomes (bioRxiv)</li> <li><a title="" href= "https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1091-letters/">Letters read</a> on TWiV 1091</li> <li>Timestamps by <a href= "https://ramseylab.vercel.app/">Jolene</a>. Thanks!</li> </ul> Weekly Picks Dickson – <a title="" href= "https://bcse.org/market-trends/">Sustainable energy in America 2024 factbook</a> Kathy – <a href= "https://store.usps.com/store/product/buy-stamps/life-magnified-stamps-S_484004">Life Magnified USPS stamps</a> Rich – “<a href="https://wapo.st/3I9SrCl">How plants communicate with each other when in danger</a>” by Kasha Patel (<a href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41589-9#Sec2">Original Nature Communications article</a>) Alan – <a href= "https://thousandyearoldvampire.com/products/a-sargasso-sea-of-space-party-card-game">A Sargasso Sea of Space</a> card game. Vincent – <a href= "https://amzn.to/3I8U5nV">Tell Me When It’s Over</a> by Paul Offit Intro music is by <a href= "http://www.ronaldjenkees.com/">Ronald Jenkees</a> Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

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