TWiV 478: A pox on your horse
Jan 28, 2018•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 478
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Episode description
The TWiV team explains how infectious horsepox virus - likely the ancestor of smallpox vaccines - was recovered from chemically synthesized DNA fragments.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
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Links for this episode- ASV 2018: asv.org, asv2018.umd.edu
- Potential Zika virus related birth defects, USA (MMWR)
- Bordering on an outbreak (Tex Obs)
- Horsepox virus from synthesized DNA (PLoS One)
- Horsepox based smallpox vaccine (NEJM)
- Has horsepox become extinct? (Vet Rec)
- Evolutionary path of smallpox vaccines (Lancet Inf Dis)
- Equination (Vaccine)
- Image credit
- Letters read on TWiV 478
Kathy - UM EEB photo contest Rich - Dino-Lite digital microscope and digital microscope camera Dickson - Sandford Photography Alan - A list of female virologists Vincent - Virology Lectures 2018
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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.
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