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Back to EpisodesLong COVID, giant viruses, and smallish pox
Description
TWiV reviews human monkeypox infections, evidence for human Mimivrus infections, and incidence of long COVID in post-vaccine SARS-CoV-2 infections.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker
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Links for this episode
- Monkeypox update (ProMedMail)
- Multi-country monkeypox outbreak (WHO)
- Monkeypox new global threat (Science)
- Monkeypox outbreak 9 US states (MMWR)
- Mimivirus in human respiratory samples (Sci Rep)
- Long COVID after post-vaccination infection (Nat Med)
- Letters read on TWiV 906
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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