Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit
HostsOn episode #105 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Rich review eradication of rinderpest, endogenous hepatitis B virus in the zebra finch genome, and identification of the cell receptor for an extinct retrovirus.
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Links for this episode:
- Eradication of rinderpest
- Rinderpest in the Merck Veterinary Manual
- Rinderpest summary (pdf)
- Manual on the preparation of rinderpest contingency plans
- Walter Plowright obituary
- The Plowright vaccine
- Measles evolution from rinderpest
- Endogenous hepadnaviruses in the genome of the zebra finch (PLoS One)
- Receptor for an extinct retrovirus (PNAS)
- Vertical farm: NPR post and YouTube video
- Letters read on TWiV 105
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