Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit
Vincent, Alan, and Rich talk about US government contract for freeze-dried smallpox vaccine, red squirrels in the UK threatened by poxvirus, and Marseillevirus, another DNA virus from amoebae built for comfort and speed.
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Links for this episode:
- US Government awards contract to Bavarian Nordic for freeze-dried smallpox vaccine (pdf and clinical trial)
- UK red squirrels threatened by poxvirus: news article one and two, epidemiology and experimental infection
- Another huge virus from amoebae (Wired article, PNAS article, review article)
- Discussion on rabies bait vaccine at virology blog, and status of the program
- List of human viral diseases (pdf)
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I just wanted to thank you guys and encourage you to keep going. Thanks to a podcast a couple shows back I googled free H1N1 vaccinations, and then went in and got one.
I was gobsmacked to hear that about smallpox in melting permafrost. But a little googling showed no animal vectors so I guess (hope) the risk is low.
I just wanted to thank you guys and encourage you to keep going. Thanks to a podcast a couple shows back I googled free H1N1 vaccinations, and then went in and got one.
I was gobsmacked to hear that about smallpox in melting permafrost. But a little googling showed no animal vectors so I guess (hope) the risk is low.
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