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

Guest: Jens H. Kuhn

Jens speaks with the TWiV team about filoviruses, including the recent Ebola virus outbreak in Guinea.

Links for this episode

• Review of Zanamavir clinical trials (Brit Med J)
• Ebola virus disease in Guinea (NEJM)
• Filovirus nomenclature (virology blog)
• Ebola virus disease, West Africa (ProMedMail)
• How lethal are ebolaviruses? (virology blog)
• Letters read on TWiV 283

Weekly Science Picks

Alan - AMNH digital special collectionsVincent - Viral entry into host cells (Stefan Pöhlmann PhD, Graham Simmons PhD, eds)Kathy - Papilloma song lyrics (pdf)Jens - The Logic of Chance by Eugene V. Koonin

Listener Pick of the Week

Joe - Poor showing of 2012 influenza vaccine (Nature)Phil - Emerging disease or emerging diagnosis? (YouTube)

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