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TWiV 1363: A Cauldron of Bats
· 1 h 54 min · Episode 1363
Episode TWiV 1363: A Cauldron of Bats
TWiV explains a study testing how 16 hypothesized social and environmental drivers impact disease outbreaks, concluding that infectious disease spillover and emergence are multi-causal, and that no one-size-fits-all strategy can prevent epidemics and pandemics, and an analysis of Myotis bats, which shows that their remarkable longevity and immunity are linked through pleiotropic adaptations to viruses and aging-related disease.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Angela Mingarelli
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• Support science education at MicrobeTV • Virus Appreciation Day (Day of the Year) • Anthropogenic fingerprint on emerging infectious diseases (Nature) • Longevity and virus-driven adaptations in Myotis bats (Nature) • Letters read on TWiV 1363 • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello
- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-virology/id1176779065
- https://www.microbe.tv/contribute
- https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/virus-appreciation-day/
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11058-6
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10932-7
- https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1361-letters/
- https://ramseylab.vercel.app/
- https://www.bonfire.com/store/dakin-humane-society/
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