TWiV 342: Public epitope #1
Jun 21, 2015•1 hr 42 min
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Episode description
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
The TWiVniks discuss the structure of a virus that reproduces in an extreme environment, long-term consequences of Ebolavirus infection, and VirScan, a method to identify the different virus infections you have had in your lifetime.
Links for this episode- Virus with A-form DNA (Science)
- Viruses in the extreme (virology blog)
- Sequelae of Ebolavirus infection (Lancet Inf Dis)
- Long term Ebolavirus effects (virology blog)
- Take the chili ME challenge
- Serological profiling of human viral infections (Science)
- Your viral past (virology blog)
- Letters read on TWiV 342
Timestamps by Jennifer. Thank you!
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Listener Pick of the WeekJenny - What Bill Gates is afraid ofNeva - The Kardashian Index
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