TWiV 906: Long COVID, giant viruses, and smallish pox

TWiV reviews human monkeypox infections, evidence for human Mimivrus infections, and incidence of long COVID in post-vaccine SARS-CoV-2 infections.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker

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Links for this episode

• Monkeypox update (ProMedMail)
• Multi-country monkeypox outbreak (WHO)
• Monkeypox new global threat (Science)
• Monkeypox outbreak 9 US states (MMWR)
• Mimivirus in human respiratory samples (Sci Rep)
• Long COVID after post-vaccination infection (Nat Med)
• Letters read on TWiV 906
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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