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Published: Sept. 9, 2013, 12:42 a.m.

Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello,\xa0Dickson Despommier,\xa0Alan Dove, and\xa0Rich Condit

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Vincent, Dickson, Alan and Rich discuss an estimate of the number of different mammalian viruses on Earth.

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• Estimate of\xa0unknown viral diversity\xa0in mammals (mBio)
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• How many\xa0viruses on Earth?\xa0(virology blog)
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• Letters read\xa0on TWiV 249
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