Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

Vincent, Alan, and Rich explore a novel bunyavirus isolated in China, the recent polio outbreak in Republic of the Congo, and cell to cell transmission of a retrovirus by biofilm-like extracellular assemblies.

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Links for this episode:

• Novel bunyavirus isolated in China (NEJM)
• Bunyavirus page at ViralZone
• Polio outbreak, Republic of the Congo (MMWR)
• Poliovirus isolation from Republic of the Congo polio outbreak (Eurosurveillance)
• HTLV-1 transmission by biofilm-like extracellular assemblies (Nature Medicine)
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• Letters read on TWiV 127

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Rich – Should smallpox be destroyed? (Emerging Infectious Diseases)
Alan – Zoology of the Beagle images
Vincent – Vaccines and Your Child by Paul Offit and Charlotte Moser

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, and Cliff Mintz

Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Cliff answer questions from listeners on swine influenza origins, transmission, virulence, and vaccines, HIV and AIDS, and more.

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Links for this episode:

• Physicists propose ‘Schrödinger’s Virus‘ experiment (thanks Duncan)
• Nanoparticle adjuvant (ScienceDaily and Journal of Controlled Release – thanks Jim)
• Hand washing won’t stop H1N1 at Newsweek (thanks Jim)
• Newsweek’s virus quiz
• TWiV timeline (download .m4v file – thanks Ricardo)
• Sanjay Gupta’s H1N1 experience (thanks Lenn)
• Swine flu vaccine fear mongering at eSkeptic (thanks Jesper)
• Flu transmission and humidity (letter from Joe)

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Dick 27″ iMac and Powers of Ten by Philip Morrison and Phyllis Morrison
Alan ImageMagick
Cliff ePatient Connections 2009
Vincent Cell size and scale

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Stephen Morse

Vincent, Alan, and Stephen Morse discuss progressive vaccinia in a smallpox vaccinee, arsenic and influenza in mice, facemasks and flu transmission, and antigenic and genetic analyses of the new H1N1 influenza virus.

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Alan Org-Mode
Vincent Human/Swine A/H1N1 Influenza Origins and Evolution
Stephen The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, and Marc Pelletier

Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Marc Pelletier summarize the past week’s influenza H1N1 activity, and discuss parvovirus infection of dogs and humans.

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Links for this episode:

• CDC and WHO web pages on the new influenza strain
• MMWR update on influenza
• Excellent influenza vaccine timeline at USA Today
• Sequences of influenza isolates are at NCBI and GISAID (registration required)
• Euthanizing dogs due to canine parvovirus
• Novel bocavirus associated with acute gastroenteritis in Australian children
• Viral genes that confer transmission of avian influenza virus through the air – PNAS
• Influenza in feral pigs (J Wildlife Dis)

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Marc Celestia, an application
Dick US Geological Survey website
Alan Society for Amateur Scientists website
Vincent Sneeze, an online game

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Guest: Aidan Racaniello

Vincent, Dick, and Aidan discuss how viral infections play prominent roles in notable video games. Three games are discussed: World of Warcraft, Pandemic II, and Bioshock.

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Links for this episode:

• An article on how World of Warcraft became a model for the transmission of virus infections was published in Lancet Infectious Diseases. The title of the article is “The untapped potential of virtual game worlds to shed light on real world epidemics.”
• After we did the netcast we learned of a game for the iPhone called ‘Virus’. In this game your body is infected with a virus, and you must clear the infection by controlling white blood cells. The game is at the iTunes App store.

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