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Published: Aug. 26, 2013, 12:53 a.m.

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

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Special guest:\xa0Ian Lipkin

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Ian joins Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Kathy to describe how his laboratory is searching for the origin of MERS-coronavirus.

\nLinks for this episode:\n

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• MERS-CoV in\xa0bats\xa0(EID)
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• Mystery virus\xa0(NY Times)
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• Part of MERS-CoV\xa0found in bat (virology blog()
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• T. perforatus
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• Frag virus\xa0(Virol J)
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• Even Nature got it wrong! (Nature)
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• Bats:\xa0Important reservoirs\xa0of emerging viruses (Clin Micro Rev)
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• Letters read\xa0on TWiV 247
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\nWeekly Science Picks\n

Kathy -\xa0Rainbows explained\xa0(Frazz)
Alan -\xa0Challenge.gov
Vincent\xa0-\xa023andme
Rich\xa0-\xa0Spot the station

\nListener Pick of the Week\n

Frank\xa0- Pacifier cleaning\xa0practices\xa0and\xa0risk of allergy development\xa0(Pediatrics)

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