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TWiV 490: Shave ice and giant viruses
Episode 490

TWiV 490: Shave ice and giant viruses

This Week in Virology

April 22, 20181h 36m

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Show Notes

From the TWiV team, human cowpox infection possibly acquired from a pet cat, and a new giant mimivirus of green algae with genes encoding enzymes of fermentation.

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

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Kathy- Landscapes that look like another world (but they are from Spain) Rich - Brighton Collaboration; Viral Vector Vaccines Safety Working Group (V3SWG)(Chen & DeStefano: Vaccine adverse events: causal or coincidental?) Dickson- Clouds of Jupiter and EBNA2 and autoimmunity Vincent - More than one-third of graduate students report being depressed (original article)

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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