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TWiV 1287: Ancient herpesviruses and modern dementia
Category: Religion & Spirituality
Duration: 01:45:26
Publish Date: 2026-01-11 05:00:00
Description:

TWiV explain the tracing of 2500 years of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B diversity through ancient human DNA, the effect of shingles vaccination at different stages of the dementia disease course.

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

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