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Published: Sept. 16, 2012, 12:46 p.m.

Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello,\xa0Alan Dove,\xa0Rich Condit, and\xa0Kathy Spindler

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Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Kathy discuss recent outbreaks of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Yosemite National Park and novel swine-origin influenza in the US midwest, and isolation of the Heartland virus from two patients in Missouri with severe febrile illness.

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\nLinks for this episode:\n

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• Hantavirus outbreak in\xa0Yosemite\xa0(ProMedMail)
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• Hantavirus in Yosemite\xa0(CDC)
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• CDC page on hantavirus
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• Summary of hantavirus outbreak\xa0(Avian Flu Diary)
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• Swine-origin influenza\xa0outbreak in midwest\xa0(MMWR)
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• Lyn Finelli interview\xa0on swine-origin H3N2 (Microbeworld)
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• Transmission of\xa0vH3N2 in ferrets\xa0(PNAS)
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• New phlebovirus\xa0from Missouri (NEJM)
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• TWiV on Facebook
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• Letters read\xa0on TWiV 199
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