Dengue in the news
…second which is a joint effort by Sanofi-Aventis and a Thai University. There is no information at all in the article on these vaccines, save for the information that they…
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TWiV #9 – Fever! The discovery of Lassa virus
…G. Fuller and published in 1974, inspired Vincent to become a virologist. Part of the story took place at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital (now Columbia University Medical Center), where both Vincent and…
Equine herpesvirus 9 in zoo animals
…a great deal of information about viral pathogenesis, tropism, and host range. The Department of Veterinary Science at the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture has an excellent website on…
The zoonotic pool
…field of pathogen discovery, of which Ian Lipkin and Joe DeRisi are masters. Morse, SS. 1993. Emerging viruses. Oxford University Press. Lipkin WI 2008. Pathogen Discovery. PLoS Pathog 4(4): e1000002….
Ebola in pigs – Nipah redux?
…sequence pool. I also find curious the statement by Dr. Thomas G. Ksiazek, from the University of Texas Medical School in Galveston, that It’s probably a rare event that pigs…
John Updike, 1932-2009
…is still tacked to my corkboard, yellowing and frayed. V.B. Nimble, V.B. Quick (inspired by V.B. Wigglesworth, F.R.S., Quick Professor of Biology at the University of Cambridge) V.B. Wigglesworth wakes…