TWiV #90 - Guano happens
- Author
- Vincent Racaniello
- Published
- Sun 11 Jul 2010
- Episode Link
- http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/twivmp3/~3/utmWoCpG8jo/twiv-90-guano-happens
On episode #90 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, Rich and Eric discuss identification of viruses in Northeastern American bats, vaccinia virus infection after sexual contact with a military vaccinee, and identification of a new flavivirus from an Old World bat in Bangladesh.
Host links Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Eric F. Donaldson
Links for this episode:
- Vaccinia virus infection after sexual contact with vaccinee
- Smallpox vaccination overview
- Smallpox vaccine lesions (jpg)
- Smallpox hospital, Roosevelt Island, NY (photo 1, photo 2)
- Isolation of a flavivirus from bats in Bangladesh (PLoS Pathogens)
- Review on hepatitis G virus
- Dickson has been teaching at Singularity University and fishing in Bozeman MT (jpg)
- Letters read on TWiV 90
Weekly science picks:
Eric - Year of Darwin by Sean Carroll Rich - March of the Penguins Alan - Standing-height desks Vincent - DengueWatch (thanks Richard!)
