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west nile virus

TWiV 73: Entering the ends

March 14, 2010

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Rich Condit Vincent, Dickson, and Rich discuss multipotent progenitor bone marrow cells as a reservoir of HIV-1, integration of HHV-6 into telomeres, and dispersal of West Nile virus across the US by mosquitoes. This episode is sponsored by Data Robotics Inc. Use the promotion code VINCENT to receive $50 off [...]

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TWiV 72: Bucket of bolts

March 7, 2010

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit This week the TWiV team explains CRISPR/Cas, the immune system of bacteria and archaea, how novel viruses are discovered by deep sequencing of small RNAs, and the relationship between dry weather and outbreaks of West Nile virus infection. This episode is sponsored by Data Robotics [...]

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TWiV 62: Persistence of West Nile virus

December 13, 2009

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Alan Dove Vincent, Dickson, and Alan discuss STEP HIV-1 vaccine failure caused by the adenovirus vector, presence of West Nile virus in kidneys for years after initial infection, adaptation of the influenza viral RNA polymerase for replication in human cells, and the significance of the D225G change in the influenza [...]

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TWiV 25: Viral evolution

March 22, 2009

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Luis Villarreal Vincent, Alan, and Luis talk about rabies in Viet Nam and Angola, needle-stick infections with ebolavirus and West Nile virus, and viral evolution. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Links for this episode: Furious rabies after an atypical exposure Rabies outbreak in Angola Ebolavirus needle stick [...]

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

October 29, 2008

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 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 [...]

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TWiV 3: Dengue

October 2, 2008

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Article on the mortgage crisis and West Nile virus in Emerging Infectious Diseases. Environment-oriented review of Dengue. Dengue page at the World Health Organization. Download TWiV #3 (19.6 MB .mp3 file) Episode transcript (download pdf) Subscribe to TWiV in iTunes or by [...]

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TWiV 1: West Nile Virus

September 24, 2008

We recorded episode 1 of TWiV on 12 September 2008, and again on 19 September. Sorry for the delay in posting, we had post-production problems. Download the netcast below. We’ll post the iTunes link as soon as it is accepted by Apple. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] [...]

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