TWiV 283: No Reston for the weary
- Author
- Vincent Racaniello
- Published
- Sun 04 May 2014
- Episode Link
- http://www.twiv.tv/2014/05/04/twiv-283-no-reston-for-the-weary/
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
Guest: Jens H. Kuhn
Jens speaks with the TWiV team about filoviruses, including the recent Ebola virus outbreak in Guinea.
Links for this episode
- Review of Zanamavir clinical trials (Brit Med J)
- Ebola virus disease in Guinea (NEJM)
- Filovirus nomenclature (virology blog)
- Ebola virus disease, West Africa (ProMedMail)
- How lethal are ebolaviruses? (virology blog)
- Letters read on TWiV 283
Weekly Science Picks
Alan - AMNH digital special collectionsVincent - Viral entry into host cells (Stefan Pöhlmann PhD, Graham Simmons PhD, eds)Kathy - Papilloma song lyrics (pdf)Jens - The Logic of Chance by Eugene V. Koonin
Listener Pick of the Week
Joe - Poor showing of 2012 influenza vaccine (Nature)Phil - Emerging disease or emerging diagnosis? (YouTube)
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