Michelle Flenniken joins TWiV to talk about honeybees and the work of her laboratory on honeybee viruses
The TWiV crew discusses two reports on viruses that might have crossed kingdoms, from plants to honeybees and from plants to vertebrates.
Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Kathy answer listener email about deformed wing virus, West Nile virus, FluMist, influenza in Canada, viruses and the tree of life, and more.
Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Rich review an adenovirus-based vaccine strategy against drug addiction, a field trial of RNAi to prevent Israeli acute paralysis virus infection in honeybees, and suppression of avian influenza transmission in transgenic chickens.
The entire TWiV family reviews the latest ideas about colony collapse disorder of honeybees, and resurgence of monkeypox in Africa.
TWiV 64: Ten virology stories of 2009
- January 3, 2010
- Tagged as: AIDS, antarctic virus, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, colony collapse, dengue, H1N1, hiv, honeybee, influenza, mosquito, Polio, poliomyelitis, poliovirus, polyomavirus, poxvirus, seroepidemiology, squirrel, swine flu, Vaccine, viral, virology, virus, XMRV
Vincent, Alan, and Rich discuss ten compelling virology stories of 2009.