TWiV 335: Ebola lite

This Week in Virology

May 03, 2015•1 hr 50 min

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Episode description

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

The TWiVumvirate discusses a whole Ebolavirus vaccine that protects primates, the finding that Ebolavirus is not undergoing rapid evolution, and a proposal to increase the pool of life science researchers by cutting money and time from grants.

This episode is sponsored by ASM Microbe and ICAAC/ICC

Links for this episode

Possible sexual transmission of Ebolavirus (MMWR)
Ebolavirus whole-virus vaccine protects primates (Science)
Biologically contained Ebolaviruses (PNAS)
Ebolavirus is evolving but not changing (Virology)
Ebolavirus not undergoing rapid evolution (Science)
Letters read on TWiV 335

Timestamps by Jennifer. Thank you!

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