TWiV 1317: Dead shrimp walking
26 April 2026

TWiV 1317: Dead shrimp walking

This Week in Virology

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TWiV explains a study showing that viral DNA load in blood and saliva varied markedly with age, time of day season, sex, and depended on dozens of genetic loci, and identification of an emerging human eye disease associated with aquatic virus zoonotic infection.

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    Support science education at MicrobeTV Positions in Rosenfeld Lab (email) DNA virome varies with human genes and environments (Nature) Emerging eye infection from aquatic virus (Nat Micro) Letters read  on TWiV 1317 Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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