TWiV 1363: A Cauldron of Bats

TWiV explains a study testing how 16 hypothesized social and environmental drivers impact disease outbreaks, concluding that infectious disease spillover and emergence are multi-causal, and that no one-size-fits-all strategy can prevent epidemics and pandemics, and an analysis of Myotis bats, which shows that their remarkable longevity and immunity are linked through pleiotropic adaptations to viruses and aging-related disease.

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Links for this episode Support science education at MicrobeTV Virus Appreciation Day (Day of the Year) Anthropogenic fingerprint on emerging infectious diseases (Nature) Longevity and virus-driven adaptations in Myotis bats (Nature) Letters read on TWiV 1363 Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Picks of the Week Angela – Birds.

Alan – Halloween t-shirts from my local animal shelter.

Vincent – A Thousand Brains by Jeff Hawkins

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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