On episode #270 of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent and Rich discuss avian influenza virus and an antiviral drug against smallpox with Dennis and Yoshi at the ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting in Washington, DC. You can find TWiV #270 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.
Porcine epidemic diarrhea arrived in the United States in the spring of 2013. The disease, caused by a coronavirus, was first identified in the United Kingdom in 1971, and has subsequently spread throughout Europe and Asia. The disease is a concern for the swine industry because it is associated with high case fatality ratios in …
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On episode #269 of the science show This Week in Virology, the complete TWiV team reviews evidence for sensing of herpesviral DNA in the nucleus by the cell protein IFI16. You can find TWiV #269 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.
Robert Herriman, co-founder of The Global Dispatch, recently started a radio show called Outbreak News This Week. Robert calls the show €œYour source for all the news about worms and germs€. He covers the latest news and information about infectious diseases and often includes interviews with expert guests. The show can be heard live Saturday mornings …
On episode #268 of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, Kathy, and Ashlee discuss fomites in physicians offices, plant virus factories involved in aphid transmission, and clues from the bat genome about flight and immunity. You can find TWiV #268 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.
Viruses inspire many different types of art, but I was unaware of the number of people who make viruses out of fiber! On This Week in Virology #266 we heard from Emily who had knitted a dengue virus pillow (photograph at left). The next week on TWiV #267 we heard from Carolyn who had knitted …
