TWiV 248: TWiP infects TWiV
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Rich Condit
Vincent, Dickson, and Rich reveal how experiments with a malaria parasite lead to the introduction of a mammalian retrovirus into birds.
Links for this episode:
Scientists cast doubt on MERS origin (NY Times)
Animal reservoirs of SARS coronavirus (Virus Res)
Jo Handelsman in the White House
Origins of REV (PLoS Biology)
Inadvertent transfer (virology blog)
Mongoose, pheasant, pox, retrovirus (PLoS Biol)
Evolutionary history of REVs
Amazing story (Ed Yong)
My wife's P. lophurae paper (Mol Bio Parasitol)
William Trager's SNV paper (Exp Biol Med)
EBV detection tests (Clin Diag Lab Immunol)
Letters read on TWiV 248
Weekly Science Picks
Dickson - Google SkyRich - Vanishing of the Bees (see also Bee Apocalypse Now)Vincent - Not Exactly Rocket Science
Listener Pick of the Week
Saira - Reproducibility Initiative
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