This Week in Virology

TWiV 46: Virus entry into cells

August 23, 2009

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dick Despommier

Vincent and Dick continue virology 101 with a discussion of virus entry into cells, then answer reader email on colony collapse disorder and viruses that confer a benefit to their host.

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Illustrations of virus entry into cells
Nice reference for biological items (thanks Jim!)
Colony collapse disorder: PBS program, descriptive study, metagenomic study, genetic analysis (thanks Swiss compass!)
Potato virus Y and Alzheimer’s disease (thanks Jennifer!)
A virus in a fungus in a plant (thanks Jennifer!)

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Vincent PLoS Pearls
Dick West Nile virus website at CDC

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TWiV 45: Hendra and polio are back

August 16, 2009

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, and Jennifer Drahos

Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Jennifer Drahos tackle the Hendra virus disease outbreak in Australia, AIDS-like disease in wild chimps, return of polio type 2 in Nigeria, the influenza pandemic wave, and rabies in three countries.

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Hendra virus killing horses in Australia
AIDS-like disease in wild chimps [NY Times ]
Polio type 2 returns in Nigeria
Influenza pandemic wave [Branswell]
Rabies in Ukraine, South Africa, and USA
Cell phones turned into fluorescent microscopes [Thanks, Jim!]
HIV-1 vaccine trial in South Africa [Thanks Duncan!]
Forum discussion on flu vaccine [Thanks James!]
The Brain Science Podcast [Thanks Jim!]
WHO note on H1N1 vaccine safety
CDC information on H1N1 vaccines
Hans Christian Orsted

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Jennifer Art of Science 2009
Vincent Nobel Intent
Dick Diversity of Life by EO Wilson
Alan MediaWiki (install tips)

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TWiV 44: No hysteria

August 9, 2009

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, and Jennifer Drahos

Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Jennifer Drahos consider Marburg virus in Egyptian fruit bats, bacterial citrus pathogen found in shipping facility, canine parvovirus in Michigan, Relenza-resistant influenza virus, new HIV from gorillas, and public engagement on H1N1 immunization program.

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Isolation of Marburg virus from Egyptian fruit bats
Inspectors find bacterial citrus pathogen in California
Parvovirus killing hundreds of dogs in Michigan
Relenza-resistant H1N1 identified in Australia (press and journal article)
New HIV from gorilla
CDC wants public comment on H1N1 vaccination
Original antigenic sin (article 1 and article 2)
Dr. Stanley Plotkin on Meet the Scientist (thanks Peter!)
audioBoo (iPhone app – thanks Jim!)
Audio clips (first and second) from the podcast No Agenda (thanks peripatetic apoplectic!)

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Jennifer Piled Higher and Deeper (PhD Comics)
Vincent Giant Microbes (thanks Stephen!)
Dick Virology in the 21st Century
Alan Annals of the Former World by John McPhee

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TWiV 43: Virus classification

August 2, 2009

Hosts:Vincent Racaniello and Dick Despommier

Vincent and Dick explain virus classification, and revisit the 1976 swine flu immunization campaign and Guillain-Barré syndrome.

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International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)
CBS 60 Minutes on 1976 swine flu vaccine (thanks Gus and Swiss compass!)
Vaccines and Guillain-Barré
NINDS Guillain-Barré Information
Reflections on the 1976 swine flu vaccination program
Swine influenza outbreak at Fort Dix, 1976

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Dick Five Kingdoms: An Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of Life on Earth by Lynn Margulis and Karlene V. Schwartz
Vincent A Genetic Switch by Mark Ptashne

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TWiV 42: Bats and ticks

July 24, 2009

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, and Delthia Ricks

Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Delthia Ricks discuss a new influenza virus-like particle vaccine, dog flu, ultrasensitive pen-sized virus detector, imported rabies in the US, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, and next season’s flu vaccines.

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Delthia 100 questions and answers about influenza by Delthia Ricks
Alan Tinychat
Dick Mythbusters
Vincent Effect Measure

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TWiV 41: Fish flu

July 19, 2009

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, and R ich Condit

Vincent, Dick, Alan and Rich Condit chat about infectious salmon anemia virus, virus-resistant grapevines, virulence of pandemic H1N1 influenza virus, origin of 1918 influenza virus, holy water ban to halt influenza, frequency of human WU and KI polyomavirus infection, rabies in China, and host species of sin nombre virus.

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Wal-Mart stops buying Chile salmon on virus outbreak
Virus-resistant grapevines
Virulence of H1N1 pandemic influenza virus in animal models
Did 1918 influenza virus originate in birds or not?
Holy water ban to halt swine flu
Frequent Human Infection with WU and KI Polyomaviruses
Rabies in China
Increased Host Species Diversity and Decreased Prevalence of Sin Nombre Virus
Fast, cheap PCR for crime scenes (thanks Jim!)

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Alan For Love of Insects by Thomas Eisner
Rich Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
Dick Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Vincent Gallileoscope (thanks Zach!)

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TWiV 40: Tamiflu in the water

July 12, 2009

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, and Alan Dove

Vincent, Dick, and Alan consider Reston ebolavirus in swine, historical perspective of H1N1 influenza virus emergence and circulation, Tamiflu-resistant H1N1, Tamiflu in Japanese river waters, transmission of H1N1 virus in ferrets, and pneumonia and respiratory failure from H1N1 in Mexico.

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Alan Coming to Life by Christiane Nusslein-Volhard
Dick Monsters Inside Me from Discovery Channel
Vincent Microbeworld

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TWiV 39: Virus structure

July 5, 2009

Hosts:Vincent Racaniello and Dick Despommier

Vincent and Dick discuss virus structure and answer listener questions.

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Diagrams of virus structures
Boston Globe article on Genzyme
FDA warning letter to Genzyme (thanks Peter!)
Public Health Reports July – December 1918 (thanks Lenn!)
Amateur scientists working with professionals (thanks Ennio!)
Influenza H1N1 and computer analogies (thanks swiss compass!)
Bone marrow transplant to cure AIDS not reported (thanks Andrew!)
Paul Offitt interview on vaccines and autism
Mark Crislip on vaccines and autism

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Dick Visual Explanations by Edward R. Tufte
Vincent The Youngest Science by Lewis Thomas

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TWiV 38: Measles

June 28, 2009

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Glenn Rall

Vincent and Glenn Rall chat about koi herpesvirus, H1N1 influenza vaccine produced in insect cells, attack by a rabid raccoon, and measles.

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Virus suspected in carp die-off: koi herpesvirus
H1N1 influenza vaccine produced in insect cells with baculovirus vectors
Outbreak of measles in Wales
Production of influenza vaccines in cell cultures: MDCK, Vero, PER.C6, EB66, insect (thanks Peter!)

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Glenn Riddled with Life by Marlene Zuk
Vincent All the Virology on the WWW

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TWiV 37: Open access

June 21, 2009

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Eric O. Freed

Vincent, Alan, and Eric Freed talk about vesivirus contamination of bioreactors, pandemic influenza, maximizing the effect of vaccination by targeting children, chikungunya virus, and open access scientific journals.

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Genzyme shuts down manufacturing of two enzyme drugs because of vesivirus contamination
Brazilian H1N1 isolate is not novel
WHO interactive H1N1 map
Targeting children maximizes the effect of vaccination
Chikungunya virus and Aedes mosquitoes
Viruses, an open-access virology journal
iBioSeminars
A field study of virus removal in septic tank drainfields

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Alan Forrest Mims (website)
Vincent The Machinery of Life by David S. Goodsell

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