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TWiV 745: Gorilla COVID with Nadine Lamberski

  • April 18, 2021
  • Tagged as: COVID-19, gorilla, pandemic, San Diego Zoo, SARS-CoV-2, Vaccine, viral, virius, virology, viruses

Nadine Lamberski joins TWiV to discuss an outbreak of COVID-19 among gorillas at the San Diego Zoo, and the use of a spike protein-based vaccine to immunize the animals.

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TWiV 327: Does a gorilla shift in the woods?

  • March 8, 2015
  • Tagged as: APOBEC3G, cross-species, deamination, epidemic, gorilla, group O, hiv-1, human immunodeficiency virus, SIV-1, spillover, vif, viral, virology, virus, zoonosis

The eTWiVicators review evidence that the HIV-1 group O epidemic began with a single cross-species transmission of virus from western lowland gorillas.

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TWiV 128: Virologists in the mist

  • April 10, 2011
  • Tagged as: algae, antarctica, gorilla, leishmania, metapneumovirus, phycodnavirus, viral, virology, virophage, virus, zoonosis

Vincent, Alan, Dickson and Welkin review how a virus regulates the severity of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, virophage control of antarctic algal host-virus dynamics, and human metapneumovirus infection in gorillas.

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TWiV 44: No hysteria

  • August 9, 2009
  • Tagged as: citrus, fruit bat, gorilla, H1N1, hiv, immunization, influenza, marburg, parvovirus, relenza, swine flu, TWiV, Vaccine, viral, virology, virus

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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