TWiV 274: Data dump

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

The TWiV team discusses recent cases of polio-like paralysis in California, and the virome of 14th century paleofeces.

• MERS-CoV in dromedary camels (EID)


• Virologist Al Kapikian dies


• Polio-like illness in CA (ProMedMail)


• Acute flaccid paralysis


• AFP in India (EID)


• Enterovirus 68 (MMWR)


• EV 68 CNS infection (Arch Path Lab Med)


• Polio-free does not mean paralysis-free (The Hindu)


• Viruses in 14th century coprolite (AEM)


• Coprolite and paleofeces


• Ancient poxvirus (EID)


• Giant coprolite (WordADay)


• Letters read on TWiV 274

Alan - The science of science communicationRich - Command and Control by Eric SchlosserDickson - Top 10 plant virusesVincent - Is the Nobel Prize good for science?Kathy - Time to rethink graduate and postdoc education (YouTube)

Jon - Lessons from a Kansas graveyardMike -  Cross a fashion designer with a microbiologist

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