TWiV 331: Why is this outbreak different from all other outbreaks?

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

The TWiV team discusses the possible association of the respiratory pathogen enterovirus D68 with neurological disease.

This episode is sponsored by SciMed Solutions and ASM Education.

Links for this episode

• Clusters of AFP associated with enterovirus D68 (Lancet) 31:35
• Novel outbreak enterovirus D68 strain (Lancet Inf Dis) 53:00
• Enterovirus D68 in Norway (Euro Surveill) 1:12:00
• Unknown enemy (Nature) 1:10:40
• Enterovirus D68 on TWiV 302
• Letters read on TWiV 331 8:00, 1:23:50

Timestamps by Jennifer. Thank you!

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