• TWiV 1175: A hitchiker's guide to virology

  • Dec 15 2024
  • Length: 2 hrs
  • Podcast

TWiV 1175: A hitchiker's guide to virology

  • Summary

  • TWiV reviews the appearance of poliovirus in Europe, mystery disease in DRC, global burden of Chikungunya, viruses of parasitic nematodes that induce antibody responses in vertebrate hosts, and picobirnaviruses, do they infect eukaryotes or prokaryotes?

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Jolene Ramsey

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    • ASV 2025
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    • Support science education at MicrobeTV
    • Poliovirus in Europe (WHO)
    • DRC mystery disease (Reuters)
    • Global burden of chikungunya (BMJ Global Health)
    • RNA viruses of parasitic nematodes (Nat Micro)
    • Picobirnaviruses encode bacterial lysins (PNAS)
    • Prokaryotic ribosome binding site in picobirnavirus genome (Virology)
    • Letters read on TWiV 1175
    • Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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    Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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