TWiV 402: The plight of the bumblebee
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Hosts:\\xa0Vincent Racaniello,\\xa0Dickson Despommier,\\xa0Alan Dove, and\\xa0Rich Condit
Polio returns to Nigeria, Zika virus spreads in Miami, and virus infection of plants attracts bumblebees for pollination, from the virus gentlepeople at TWiV.
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Links for this episode
- Marian Horzinek, 80 (ProMedMail)
- Polio in Nigeria (Atlantic,\\xa0Stat,\\xa0ProMedMail)
- Zika virus\\xa0spreads in Miami (NYTimes)
- More Zika virus\\xa0vaccines\\xa0(Science)
- Back to work\\xa0on Zika, Congress ! (Asbury Park Press)
- Lack of funding will stymie\\xa0Zika vaccines\\xa0(Wash Examiner)
- FDA OK on\\xa0genetically modified mosquitoes\\xa0(FDA)
- CMV attracts aphid vectors (TWiV #70)
- CMV attracts\\xa0pollinating bumblebees\\xa0(PLoS Path)
- Earth dwarfed by\\xa0solar flare\\xa0(jpg)
- Letters read\\xa0on TWiV 402
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