TWiV 271: To bee, or not to bee, that is the infection

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Ashlee Bennett
The TWiV crew discusses two reports on viruses that might have crossed kingdoms, from plants to honeybees and from plants to vertebrates.
Links for this episode

Tobacco ringspot virus in honeybees (mBio)
Plant virus that switched to vertebrates (PNAS)
CDC influenza activity and surveillance
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Image credit: Virginia Tech Learning Resources Center
Letters read on TWiV 271

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Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - February 9, 2014 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts