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TWiV discusses the rising autism rate among children, RFK Jr.’s claim that autism ‘destroys lives’, receptor binding specificity of a bovine H5N1 influenza virus, and improved dengue subunit vaccine modified to form E protein dimers.
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- ASV 2025
- Rising autism rate among children (MMWR)
- RFK Jr. claims autism ‘destroys lives‘ (NY Times)
- Receptor binding specificity of bovine H5N1 virus (Nature)
- Bovine H5N1 binds poorly to human receptors (Nature)
- AJ Eisfeld et al reply (Nature)
- Mootant influenza H5N1 virus (TWiV 1131)
- Improved dengue 2 subunit vaccine (J Virol)
- Letters read on TWiV 1211
- Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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