by Gertrud U. Rey On April 5, 2020, a tiger named Nadia at the Bronx Zoo was confirmed to be infected with SARS-CoV-2 after displaying symptoms of COVID-19. Nadia is presumed to have been infected by a zookeeper, along with several other lions and tigers who were also showing symptoms. This incident raises the question …
On episode #354 of the science show This Week in Virology, the esteemed doctors of TWiV review a new giant virus recovered from the Siberian permafrost, why influenza virus gain of function experiments are valuable, and feline immunodeficiency virus. You can find TWiV #354 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier On episode 13 of the podcast This Week in Parasitism, Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of the obligate intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii with a consideration of the clinical consequences of infection and pathogenesis. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twip/TWiP013.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiP is brought to …
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier On episode 12 of the podcast “This Week in Parasitism”, Vincent and Dickson introduce the obligate intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, one of the most successful parasites on earth. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twip/TWiP012.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiP is brought to you by the American Society …
