TWiV explores the impact of the intestinal virome on seroconversion after rotavirus vaccination, and implications of the ability of the SARS-CoV-2 beta variant to infect wild-type laboratory mice.

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

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Links for this episode

• Impact of enteric virome on rotavirus vaccine (Cell Host Micr)
• Beta variant infects wild type mice (Sig Transd Targ Ther)
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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