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Fatal yellow fever in a transplant recipient

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Infection with yellow fever virus caused the death of a patient 25 years after receiving a kidney transplant, illustrating the difficulties associated with some medical vaccine exemptions. The patient had received a kidney transplant at the age of 58 in February 1993. Nearly 25 years later he was admitted to hospital with two days of …

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TWiV 384: Agent 003, a view to a fish kill

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Mass die-offs of tilapia by a novel orthomyxo-like virus, Ian Lipkin’s editorial on the movie Vaxxed, and new vaccines to prevent dengue virus infections, including a human challenge model, are topics of episode #384 of the science show This Week in Virology. With guests Ian Lipkin and Nischay Mishra from the Center for Infection and Immunity. You …

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