Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler

The TWiV team discusses transmission of Ebola virus, and inhibition of Borna disease virus replication by viral DNA in the ground squirrel genome.

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Links for this episode

• 2014 Ebola virus outbreak at Healthmap
• Ebola virus transmission from bodily fluids and fomites (JID)
• Value of gain of function experiments (mBio)
• Rich Condit in the Washington Post on Ebola virus
• NPR on Ebola virus transmission
• What we are not afraid to say about Ebola virus (virology blog)
• Inhibition of Borna disease virus by an endogenous element (PNAS)
• Bornavirus at ViralZone
• Photo: Thirteen-lined ground squirrel (image credit)
• Letters read on TWiV 303

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