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
Dickson - Scharf Photo
Kathy - Blaschka glass models (NY Times, Cornell)
Alan - Digital Public Library of America
Rich - Dengue virus life cycle animation
Vincent - Creative Live
John - Last person to get smallpox (NPR)
Peter - SARS documentary (BBC)
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