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Back to EpisodesAncient herpesviruses and modern dementia
Episode 1287
Published 1 day, 7 hours ago
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TWiV explain the tracing of 2500 years of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B diversity through ancient human DNA, the effect of shingles vaccination at different stages of the dementia disease course.
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- Ancient human herpesvirus 6 (Sci Adv)
- First through sixth diseases (Merck Manual)
- Effect of shingle vaccination on different stages of dementia (Cell)
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- Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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