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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• Support science education at MicrobeTV
• 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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