TWiV 6: Latest outbreaks of polio, west Nile and eastern equine encephalitis, Hendra, and norovirus

October 29, 2008

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

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Dickson was at Pop!Tech last week.

Neal Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon.

US Geological Survey Disease Maps.

CDC page on Hendra and Nipah viruses.

The flying fox (Google image search).

Vincent’s virology course.

Vincent’s texbook is Principles of Virology, third edition, ASM Press (available December 2008).

Science podcast pick of the week: Brain Science Podcast.

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