TWiV reviews continuing US measles outbreak, host and genetic variations that regulate antibody responses to hepatitis C virus, and varicella-zoster reactivation and the risk of dementia.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Brianne Barker, and Angela Mingarelli

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Links for this episode

• Support science education at MicrobeTV
• Mass firings at CDC (Time)
• Measles cases continue to climb in US (NPR)
• Immune 100 at The Incubator (Eventbrite)
• Viral and host variations modulate antibody responses against HCV (Cell Rep)
• VZV reactivation and risk of dementia (Nature Med)
• Taking a shot at dementia (TWiV 1207)
• Demented and crass (TWiV 1249)
• Letters read on TWiV 1263
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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