TWiV 1263: Dementia vaccine?
19 October 2025

TWiV 1263: Dementia vaccine?

This Week in Virology

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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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    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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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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