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Published: Sept. 20, 2013, 8:38 p.m.

Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello,\xa0Dickson Despommier,\xa0Alan Dove,\xa0Rich Condit,\xa0and\xa0Kathy Spindler

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The complete TWiV crew reviews work on MERS-coronavirus, including serological studies in camels, production of an infectious DNA clone, and identification of an interferon antagonist.

\nLinks for this episode:\n

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• Stephan Chron\xa0dies (NY Times)
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• Philip Marcus\xa0dies (NY Times)
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• Philip Marcus on\xa0TWiV #197
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• Ellen Fanning\xa0dies (news@Vanderbilt)
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• Donald Low\xa0dies (CBC News)
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• MERS\xa0timeline
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• MERS-CoV\xa0seroepidemiology\xa0(Eurosurveillance)
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• MERS-CoV\xa0neutralizing antibodies\xa0in camels (Lancet Inf Dis)
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• MERS-CoV\xa0vaccine candidate\xa0(mBio)
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• MERS-CoV\xa0infectious DNA\xa0(PNAS)
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• MERS-CoV protein 4a is\xa0IFN antagonist\xa0(J Virol)
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• Letters read\xa0on TWiV 251
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