This Week in Virology TWiV 191: When two rights make a wrong
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Nissin Moussatche
Nissin joins the TWiV crew to discuss an outbreak of lethal disease among Cambodian children, and recombination among attenuated herpesvirus vaccines leading to pathogenic viruses.
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Links for this episode:- Outbreak in Cambodia (CNN)
- Pathogen mix in Cambodian illness (ProMedMail)
- Undiagnosed illness in Cambodia (WHO)
- Enterovirus 71 (virology blog)
- Recombination among attenuated vaccines (Science)
- An outbreak of irony (Ed Yong)
- Infectious laryngotracheitis
- Gallid herpesvirus 1 (Wikipedia)
- Iltovirus (ViralZone)
- TWiV on Facebook
- Letters read on TWiV 191
Alan - H5N1 genetic changes inventoryRich - Mythbusters: Diet Coke and Mentos (YouTube channel)Nissin - The Pox and the Covenant by Tony Williams, and Tired of War by Tereza BatistaVincent - FAQ: The 'snake bite' portion of your thesis defense
Listener Pick of the WeekGopal - All's not fair in science and publishingLuis - The Origin of AIDS by Jacques Pepin (Nature review)Sven - Visualizing information flow in science
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