MWV 103: A plague of pathogens - TWiM #121 Live at ASM Biodefense

Published: Feb. 11, 2016, 8:17 p.m.

b"Filmed live at ASM Biodefense 2016 with special guests: Rebekah Kading and Wyndham Lathem. From the ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research meeting, Vincent Racaniello speaks with Rebekah and Wyndham about their work on Rift Valley Fever virus and other vector-borne pathogens, and the evolution and pathogenesis of Yersinia pestis, the agent of plague. Links for this episode\\xa0 Rift Valley fever virus risk (Emerg Micr Inf) Predicting Rift Valley fever virus transmission (PLoS NTD) Culex in New York City (BioOne) Early emergence of Y. pestis (Nature Comm) Pneumonic plague (Trends Micro) Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission. Don't miss an episode of MicrobeWorld Video. Subscribe for free using\\xa0iTunes\\xa0or help support our work by purchasing the MicrobeWorld podcast application for iPhone and Android devices in the\\xa0iTunes\\xa0or\\xa0Android\\xa0app stores. Send your microbiology questions and\\xa0comments (email or mp3 file) to\\xa0twim@twiv.tv, or call them in to 908-312-0760. You can also post articles that you would like us to discuss at\\xa0microbeworld.org\\xa0and tag them with twim. Subscribe to TWiM (free) on iTunes, Stitcher, Android, RSS, or by email. You can also listen on your mobile device with the Microbeworld app."