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TWiV 1295: Are YOU willing to take one for the team?
· 1 h 50 min · Episode 1295
Episode TWiV 1295: Are YOU willing to take one for the team?
TWiV reviews a survey conducted in Cambodia's floating villages to explore measles vaccination perceptions and willingness to consider novel vaccination approaches, and how a prophage defends against an infecting phage.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Brianne Barker, and Jolene Ramsey
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• Support science education at MicrobeTV • ASV 2026 • Positions in Rosenfeld Lab (email) • Update on US measles outbreak (npr) • Tracking Poll on Trust in the CDC and Views of Federal Childhood Vaccine Schedule Changes (KFF) • Measles vaccination perceptions in Cambodia (J Virol) • Prophage defends against infecting phage (Cell Host Micro) • Letters read on TWiV 1295 • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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Links in the notes 19
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello
- https://mgm.ufl.edu/profile/condit-rich/
- https://bbarkerdrew.com/
- https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1293/
- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-virology/id1176779065
- https://www.microbe.tv/contribute
- https://asv.memberclicks.net/
- https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/RosenfeldA@mlhs.org
- https://www.npr.org/2026/02/05/nx-s1-5698522/measles-south-carolina-ice-detention-facilities
- https://www.kff.org/health-information-trust/trust-in-cdc-and-views-of-federal-childhood-vaccine-schedule-changes/
- https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/jvi.01718-25?af=R
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40902604/
- https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1295-letters/
- https://ramseylab.vercel.app/
- https://www.libib.com/
- https://www.amazon.com/Mysterious-Case-Rudolf-Diesel-Deception/dp/1982169907
- https://elliejameson.wordpress.com/
- https://www.redbubble.com/people/jellie/shop
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursion_(Crouch_novel)
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