TWiV is a weekly netcast about viruses - the kind that make you sick. Brought to you by four university professors and a science writer.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 69 days 17 hours 11 minutes
TWiV #14 - Common cold, H5N1 transmission, HIV denial, Ebola
Vincent and Alan discuss a viral upper respiratory tract infection, transmission of H5N1 influenza virus, death of an HIV denialist, and the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
TWiV #13 - Top 10 virology stories of 2008
Vincent and Alan talk about President-elect Obama's choices for his science advisors, SARS sensationalism, a new enteric picornavirus, and the top 10 virology stories of 2008.
TWiV #12 - Prions, lemur lentiviruses, RS virus vaccine, H5N1
Vincent, Alan, and Angela converse on Kuru, prions in milk, ancient lentiviruses found in the chromosomes of lemurs, a respiratory syncytial virus vaccine failure in the 1960s, and recent outbreaks of H5N1 influenza in chickens.
TWiV #11 - Elite controllers, mosquitoes, and winter vomiting
Vincent, Alan, and Jeremy discuss why certain AIDS patients, called 'elite controllers', do not develop disease, why mosquitoes infected with Sindbis virus remain healthy, and the continuing outbreaks of norovirus gastroenteritis.
TWiV #10 - Bats, elephants, and AIDS
Vincent, Dick, and guest Alan Dove chat about reconstruction of a bat SARS-like coronavirus, herpesviruses that are killing elephants in zoos, and a plan to eradicate AIDS in ten years.
TWiV #9 - Fever! The Discovery of Lassa Virus
Vincent and Dick recall the first outbreak of Lassa fever in 1969.
TWiV #8 - HIV resistance, Google flu, measles in Gibraltar, viral batteries
Vincent and Dick converse about warfare preventing immunization of 120,000 children in Afghanistan, bone marrow transplant curing AIDS patient, Google tracking flu, measles outbreak in Gibraltar, using viruses to make batteries.
TWiV #6 - Latest outbreaks
Vincent and Dick discuss outbreaks of polio, west Nile and eastern equine encephalitis, Hendra, and norovirus