TWiV 1287: Ancient herpesviruses and modern dementia
Episode 1287 of the This Week in Virology podcast, hosted by Vincent Racaniello, titled "TWiV 1287: Ancient herpesviruses and modern dementia" was published on January 11, 2026 and runs 105 minutes.
January 11, 2026 ·105m · This Week in Virology
Episode 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.
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- Ancient human herpesvirus 6 (Sci Adv)
- First through sixth diseases (Merck Manual)
- Effect of shingle vaccination on different stages of dementia (Cell)
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