{"podcast":{"title":"This Week in Virology","slug":"this-week-in-virology-581835","podcast_index_feed_id":581835,"rss_url":"https://feeds.feedburner.com/twivmp3","website_url":"http://www.microbe.tv/twiv","image_url":"http://www.microbe.tv/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/TWiV_v3_white.jpg","author":"Vincent Racaniello (twiv@microbe.tv)","episode_count":99,"summary":"TWiV is a weekly netcast about viruses - the kind that make you sick. Professors Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler and science writer Alan Dove and guests deconstruct viruses, how they cause illness, and dissect the latest research.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-12T04:17:26.143438+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-virology-581835"},"episode":{"title":"TWiV 1317: Dead shrimp walking","slug":"twiv-1317-dead-shrimp-walking","published_at":"2026-04-26T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-virology-581835/twiv-1317-dead-shrimp-walking","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-virology-581835","url":"https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1317/","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/twiv/TWiV1317.mp3?dest-id=25528","summary":"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. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode 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! Weekly Picks Brianne – Wayback Machine: Internet Archive Rich – Grandparents for Vaccines Alan – On Writing by Stephen King Vincent – The Real Reason The Soviets Lost The Space Race! Listener Picks Ginny – Dr. Cal Your Science Pal Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6103,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-week-in-virology-581835/episodes/twiv-1317-dead-shrimp-walking/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-virology-581835/twiv-1317-dead-shrimp-walking.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}