TWiV 215: Illuminating rabies and unwrapping a SARI
This Week in Virology · Vincent Racaniello
January 13, 20131h 32m
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Show Notes
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
Vincent, Alan, and Kathy review the finding that rabies virus infection alters but does not kill neurons, and provide an update on the novel coronavirus in the Middle East.
Links for this episode:- Neuronal survival after rabies virus infection (PLoS Path)
- Clusters of coronavirus cases (Nature)
- ProMedMail on novel coronavirus
- Novel coronavirus outbreak news (Int J Inf Dis)
- Genomic characterization of novel coronavirus (mBio)
- Broad cell tropism of novel coronavirus (mBio)
- Are viruses alive? (poll at virology blog)
- Antibodies taken up by endocytosis (PNAS)
- Antibody eliminates alphaviruses from neurons (Science)
- Image: Virus in the garden by Helen Hache
- Letters read on TWiV 215
Alan - I'm a Scientist - The FilmKathy - Humorous units of measurement (Wikipedia)Vincent - Open access must enable open use (Nature)
Listener Pick of the WeekTarwin - Plague Inc.
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