Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Tyler Sharp
The TWiValians meet up with Tyler Sharp for a discussion on the Epidemic Intelligence Service and controlling dengue.
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Links for this episode:
- 2010 dengue epidemic in Puerto Rico
- Marshall Islands dengue outbreak (one and two)
- Photo of Tyler by Loren Rodgers
- TWiV shout-out by NPR and CIDRAP
- NSABB reverses decision on H5N1 publication
- TWiV on Facebook
- Letters read on TWiV 178
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Rich - Deepsea Challenge
Vincent – Why did a US advisory board reverse its stance? (Ed Yong)
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