TWiV 302: The sky is falling
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
The TWiVers discuss the growing Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, and an epidemic of respiratory disease in the US caused by enterovirus D68.
Links for this episode- Cancer patient saved by measles virus
- Ebola virus genome sequences (Science)
- Robert Garry on Ebola outbreak
- Aerosol transmission
- WHO Ebola outbreak summary
- CDC Ebola outbreak page
- Ebola outbreak epi curve
- CED Ebola outbreak info graphic
- Ebola response roadmap (CDC)
- Ebola outbreak discussion at ICAAC
- Human trial of Ebola virus vaccine (CNN)
- Chimpanzee adenovirus vectored Ebola virus vaccine (Nat Med)
- How US Ebola patients were cured (Sci Amer)
- Ebola outbreak could affect 20,000 (NY Times)
- Ebola infection control resources
- NLM free access to Ebola papers
- Science Ebola papers open access
- Gates donates money for Ebola outbreak (Wash Post)
- Smuggled bushmeat? (Newsweek)
- What we are not afraid to say about Ebola (NY Times)
- Enterovirus D68 outbreak (MMWR)
- Mark Pallansch on EV-D68 (NPR)
- Enterovirus D68 (CDC)
- EV-D68 isolation 1962 (Am J Ep)
- Outbreak of enterovirus 68 (virology blog)
- Letters read on TWiV 302
Alan - Index to creationist claimsRich - Wild KrattsKathy - Worn awayDickson - Iceland volcano eruptionVincent - Immune Quest
Listener Pick of the WeekKay - Landes Bioscience open access books
Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twiv@twiv.tv
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