TWiV 1291: A foot in the door for cytomegalovirus

TWiV explains emergence of a neurovirulent double recombinant
from the ‘improved’ nOPV2 in Uganda, and efficiency of viral
entry determined whether cells are latently or lytically infected
with cytomegalovirus.


Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit,
and Brianne Barker


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ASV 2026

Positions in Rosenfeld Lab (email)

nOPV2 neurovirulent recombinant in Uganda (Nat Micro)

2023 IMB report on polio eradication

Viral entry shapes HCMV latency establishment (Nat
Comm)

Letters read on TWiV 1291

Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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