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
Dickson - Google Sky
Rich - Vanishing of the Bees (see also Bee Apocalypse Now)
Vincent - Not Exactly Rocket Science
Saira - Reproducibility Initiative
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