This Week in Virology

TWiV 1980: AI builds better viruses


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TWiV reviews global measles outbreaks, toilet-generated aerosols that spread viruses, highly effective prevention of invasive cervical cancer by HPV vaccination, and design of improved adenovirus-associated viral vectors using machine learning.

Hosts: Vincent RacanielloDickson DespommierAlan Dove, and Rich Condit

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  • The New City by Dickson Despommier
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  • Measles outbreak in Europe and Central Asia (UNICEF)
  • Closing the toilet lid doesn’t reduce virus aerosols (Am J Inf Control)
  • NASA’s ingenuity helicopter mission ends (NASA)
  • HPV vaccine prevents invasive cervical cancer (J NCI)
  • Designing AAV vectors with machine learning (Sci Adv)
  • Letters read on TWiV 1083
  • Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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