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TWiV 294: Smallpox and anthrax and flu, oh my!

  • July 20, 2014
  • Tagged as: AIDS baby, anthrax, Bacillus anthracis, BSL-3, BSL-4, cdc, H5N1, hiv, NSABB, Smallpox, variola, viral, virology, virus

The TWiV team reviews the discovery of old vials of smallpox virus at NIH, anthrax and influenza mishaps at CDC, the baby who was not cured of HIV, Cambridge Working Group, and sacking of NSABB members.

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TWiV 283: No Reston for the weary

  • May 4, 2014
  • Tagged as: BSL-4, ebola virus, ebolavirus, emerging infection, filovirus, Guinea, Marburg virus, NEIDL, outbreak, Reston virus, viral, virology, virus, Zaire virus

Jens speaks with the TWiV team about filoviruses, including the recent Ebola virus outbreak in Guinea.

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TWiV 227: Lacks security and bad poultry

  • April 7, 2013
  • Tagged as: avian influenza, BSL-4, eradication, genome sequence, guanarito, H7N9, HeLa cell, Henrietta Lacks, pandemic, pigeon, poliovirus, poultry, viral, virology, virus, WHO

The complete TWiV team reviews the controversial publication of the HeLa cell genome, a missing vial of Guanarito virus in a BSL-4 facility, and human infections with avian influenza H7N9 virus.

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