This Week in Virology

TWiV 199: Of mice, ticks, and pigs


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

Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Kathy discuss recent outbreaks of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Yosemite National Park and novel swine-origin influenza in the US midwest, and isolation of the Heartland virus from two patients in Missouri with severe febrile illness.

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Links for this episode:
  • Hantavirus outbreak in Yosemite (ProMedMail)
  • Hantavirus in Yosemite (CDC)
  • CDC page on hantavirus
  • Summary of hantavirus outbreak (Avian Flu Diary)
  • Swine-origin influenza outbreak in midwest (MMWR)
  • Lyn Finelli interview on swine-origin H3N2 (Microbeworld)
  • Transmission of vH3N2 in ferrets (PNAS)
  • New phlebovirus from Missouri (NEJM)
  • TWiV on Facebook
  • Letters read on TWiV 199
Weekly Science Picks

Alan - Insane in the Chromatophores (Vimeo)Rich - Golden Goose AwardsKathy - Euler's Disk (YouTube)Vincent - Ignorance: How it Drives Science by Stuart Firestein

Listener Pick of the Week

Adam - Leigh Van Valen

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