TWiV #90 - Guano happens
On episode #90 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, Rich and Eric discuss identification of viruses in Northeastern American bats, vaccinia virus infection after sexual contact with a military vaccinee, and identification of a new flavivirus from an Old World bat in Bangladesh.
\nHost links Vincent Racaniello,\xa0Alan Dove,\xa0Rich Condit, and\xa0Eric F. Donaldson
\nLinks for this episode:\n- \n
- Vaccinia virus infection after sexual contact with vaccinee \n
- Smallpox vaccination overview \n
- Smallpox vaccine lesions (jpg) \n
- Smallpox hospital, Roosevelt Island, NY (photo 1, photo 2) \n
- Isolation of a flavivirus from bats in Bangladesh (PLoS Pathogens) \n
- Review on hepatitis G virus \n
- Dickson has been teaching at Singularity University and fishing in Bozeman MT (jpg) \n
- Letters read on TWiV 90 \n
Eric - Year of Darwin by Sean Carroll
Rich - March of the Penguins
Alan - Standing-height desks
Vincent - DengueWatch (thanks Richard!)