Episode Details

Brazilian infectious diseases physician Esper Kallas returns to TWiV to discuss the state of viral diseases in his country, including those cause by Zika, dengue, and yellow fever viruses, MPOX, and SARS-CoV-2.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Alan Dove

Guest: Esper Kallas

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• Support MicrobeTV with a Spike t-shirt (Vaccinated.us) with promo code MicrobeTV
• International Scientific Coordinator Position (agajewski at icsnicaragua.org for more info)
• Viral kinetics in sylvatic yellow fever (J Inf Dis)
• Safety and efficacy of Butanan-DV (Lancet Inf Dis)
• Immune responses to CoronaVac (Front Immunol)
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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