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Published: March 2, 2014, 4:05 p.m.

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

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The TWiV team discusses recent cases of polio-like paralysis in California, and the virome of 14th century paleofeces.

\nLinks for this episode\n

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• MERS-CoV in\xa0dromedary camels\xa0(EID)
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• Virologist\xa0Al Kapikian\xa0dies
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• Polio-like illness\xa0in CA (ProMedMail)
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• Acute flaccid paralysis
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• AFP in India\xa0(EID)
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• Enterovirus 68\xa0(MMWR)
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• EV 68\xa0CNS infection\xa0(Arch Path Lab Med)
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• Polio-free does not mean\xa0paralysis-free\xa0(The Hindu)
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• Viruses in\xa014th century coprolite\xa0(AEM)
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• Coprolite\xa0and\xa0paleofeces
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• Ancient\xa0poxvirus (EID)
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• Giant\xa0coprolite\xa0(WordADay)
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• Letters read\xa0on TWiV 274
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