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TWiV provides an update on immunity to Omicron, results of a randomized controlled trial of face masks, and a study of correlates of protection against respiratory syncytial virus infection in the upper and lower respiratory tract of nonhuman primates.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Amy Rosenfeld
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- Omicron escape from serum antibodies (pdf)
- Pfizer/BioNTech update on Omicron (Pfizer)
- Randomized trial of masking for COVID-19 (Science)
- Upper and lower respiratory tract correlates of protection for RS virus (Cell Host Micr)
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