TWiV 1297: Spillover squirrel

TWiV explains the observation that filamentous virions act as non-infectious interfering particles to modulate papillomavirus infection, and transmission of monkeypox virus from fire-footed rope squirrels to sooty mangabeys.
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• Positions in Rosenfeld Lab (email)
• FDA refuses to review Moderna flu mRNA vaccine (CIDRAP)
• Oz measles vaccine call, too little too late? (dw.com)
• Defective human papillomavirus interfering virus particles (J Virol)
• Fire-footed rope squirrel potential MPXV reservoir (Nature)
• Squirrels could be MPXV reservoir (Nature)
• Letters read on TWiV 1297
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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