episode 481: And biles to go before I delete
The TWiVodrome considers the intestinal tract as an alternative infection route for MERS coronavirus, and how reduced accumulation of defective viral RNAs might lead to severe influenza.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
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Links for this episode- HaHa influenza virus (mBio)
- MERS coronavirus intestinal transmission (Sci Adv)
- Simulated gastric and intestinal fluids
- Stomacher
- Defective genomes and severe influenza (PLoS Path)
- Image credit
- Letters read on TWiV 481
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Alan - Photo of a single atom
Vincent - Proposed Federal science budget cuts and The Blog is Dead
Jess - Louis Tompkins Wright
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.
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