TWiV 306: This Week in Ebolavirus
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
The Grand Masters of the TWiV discuss Ebola virus transmission, air travel from West Africa, Ebola virus infectivity on surfaces, the Dallas Ebola virus patient, and Ebola virus in dogs.
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Links for this episode- Science communications fellow at ASM
- CDC Ebola virus fact sheet (pdf)
- CDC Ebola virus infographic (pdf)
- No Reston virus replication in arthropods (Am J Trop Med Hyg)
- Inoculation of plants and animals with Ebola virus (Emerg Inf Dis)
- Arthropod studies during Ebola virus outbreak (J Inf Dis)
- Medbox: Ebola toolbox
- Facts about bushmeat and Ebola (pdf, CDC)
- Should US ban incoming flights from West Africa?
- Survey: should flights from Ebola countries be banned? (NBC News)
- Ebolavirus content at virology blog and TWiV
- Volunteer to help with the Ebola virus crisis
- Ebola and Anthropology webinar
- Asymptomatic Ebola virus infection (Lancet)
- Persistence of Ebola virus during 1995 outbreak (J Inf Dis)
- Assessment of Ebola virus transmission risk (J Inf Dis)
- Ebola virus transmission risk factors (Emerg Inf Dis)
- UV inactivation of Ebola virus (J Virol)
- Ebola virus persistence in darkness (Arch Virol)
- UV sensitivity of Ebola virus (Arch Virol)
- Treatment of Ebola virus infection with brincidofovir (virology blog)
- Ebola virus in domestic animals (Dev Biol)
- Ebola virus in dogs (Emerg Inf Dis)
- Ebola screening at US airports (CDC)
- Letters read on TWiV 306
Alan - The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertKathy - Seeing the InvisibleVincent - 2014 Scientific American Science in Action Award winner
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