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.

• 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 SkyRich - Vanishing of the Bees (see also Bee Apocalypse Now)Vincent - Not Exactly Rocket Science

Saira - Reproducibility Initiative

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