TWiV discusses WHO declaration of Mpox as a public health emergency of international concern, Sweden reports first case of clade 1b outside of Africa, can household pets be productively infected with monkeypox virus, widespread exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in wildlife communities, and modulation of plant defenses by insect salivary GAPDH benefits viral transmission.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

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Mpox outbreak is PHEIC (WHO)
Tecovirimat not great against monkeypox virus clade I (NIH)
Case of Mpox Clade I in Sweden (PHAS)
Mpox and pets in USA (Emerg Inf Dis)
SARS-CoV-2 widespread in wildlife communities (Nat Comm)
Salivary GAPDH benefits plant virus transmission (Nat Comm)
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