TWiV explains a study showing that viral DNA load in blood and saliva varied markedly with age, time of day season, sex, and depended on dozens of genetic loci, and identification of an emerging human eye disease associated with aquatic virus zoonotic infection.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker

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• DNA virome varies with human genes and environments (Nature)
• Emerging eye infection from aquatic virus (Nat Micro)
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