TWiV 251: Don't kiss the camel
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
The complete TWiV crew reviews work on MERS-coronavirus, including serological studies in camels, production of an infectious DNA clone, and identification of an interferon antagonist.
Links for this episode:
Stephan Chron dies (NY Times)
Philip Marcus dies (NY Times)
Philip Marcus on TWiV #197
Ellen Fanning dies (news@Vanderbilt)
Donald Low dies (CBC News)
MERS timeline
MERS-CoV seroepidemiology (Eurosurveillance)
MERS-CoV neutralizing antibodies in camels (Lancet Inf Dis)
MERS-CoV vaccine candidate (mBio)
MERS-CoV infectious DNA (PNAS)
MERS-CoV protein 4a is IFN antagonist (J Virol)
Letters read on TWiV 251
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Listener Pick of the Week
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