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TWiV 505: Rosebola

  • August 5, 2018
  • Tagged as: alzheimer's disease, ebola virus, exanthem subitum, herpesvirus, hhv-6, HHV-7, human herpesvirus, persistence, recrudescence, roseola, transmission, viral, virology, virus, viruses

The TWiV hosts review persistence of Ebola virus after the end of the Liberian outbreak, and the potential role of two herpesviruses in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease.

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TWiV 494: Ebola Makona is the opposite of hakuna matata

  • May 20, 2018
  • Tagged as: Democratic Republic of the Congo, ebolavirus, Makona, Mayingo, pathogenesis, transmission, Vaccine, viral, virology Ebola virus, virulence, virus, viruses

Vincent, Kathy, and Alan review the ongoing outbreak of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the finding that mutations identified in the 2015 West African outbreak do not alter pathogenesis in animals.

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TWiV 482: Don’t EVEome without antibody expressed

  • February 25, 2018
  • Tagged as: asymptomatic, ebolavirus, EBOV, ELISA, endogenous viral element, EVEome, immunity, mosquito, piRNA, piwi, piwi-interacting RNA, serology, siRNA, transmission, viral, virology, virus, viruses

The TWiV Masters discuss serologic evidence of Ebolavirus infection in a population with no outbreaks, and the set of endogenous viral elements in the mosquito genome.

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TWiV 469: Mycovirus stuffed potatoes

  • November 26, 2017
  • Tagged as: cross-Kingdom, cucumber mosaic virus, dsRNA, fungus, mycovirus, phytopathogenic, plant virus, potato, success in science, transmission, viral, virology, virus, viruses

The TWiV hosts discuss a plant virus that infects a fungus, and whether you need to work insane hours to succeed in science.

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TWiV 431: Niemann-Pick of the weak

  • March 5, 2017
  • Tagged as: arthropod, bacteriophage, cytoplasmic incompatibility, ebolavirus, glycoprotein, mutation, Niemann-Pick C1, prophage, selection, transmission, viral, virology, virus, WO, wolbachia
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The TWiVirions reveal bacteriophage genes that control eukaryotic reproduction, and the biochemical basis for increased Ebolavirus glycoprotein activity during the recent outbreak.

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TWiV Special: Vincent Munster on MERS-coronavirus and Ebolavirus

  • February 8, 2017
  • Tagged as: bat, camel, ebolavirus, MERS, MERS coronavirus, MERS-CoV, outbreak, transmission, viral, virology, virus, viruses, zoonosis
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At the Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Hamilton, Montana, Vincent speaks with Vincent Munster about the work of his laboratory on MERS-coronavirus and Ebolaviruses.

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TWiV 363: Eat flu and dyad

  • November 15, 2015
  • Tagged as: breast, breast milk, dyad, ferret, infant, influenza, lactiferous duct, mother, nursing, receptor, selection, sialic acid, soft palate, transmission, viral, virology, virus

The TWiVers reveal influenza virus replication in the ferret mammary gland and spread to a nursing infant, and selection of transmissible influenza viruses in the soft palate.

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TWiV 348: Chicken shift

  • August 2, 2015
  • Tagged as: drosophila, evolution, fruit fly, herpesvirus, Marek's disease, Nigeria, permissive vaccine, Polio, polio eradication, poliomyelitis, selection, transmission, Vaccine, viral, virology, virulence, virus

Vincent and Rich discuss fruit fly viruses, one year without polio in Nigeria, and a permissive Marek’s disease viral vaccine that allows transmission of virulent viruses.

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TWiV 335: Ebola lite

  • May 3, 2015
  • Tagged as: aerosol, airborne, ebolavirus, evolution, funding, going aerosol, grants, mutation, NIH, Osterholm, research, transmission, Vaccine, viral, virology, virus, VP30

The TWiVumvirate discusses a whole Ebolavirus vaccine that protects primates, the finding that Ebolavirus is not undergoing rapid evolution, and a proposal to increase the pool of life science researchers by cutting money and time from grants.

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TWiV 325: Wildcats go viral

  • February 22, 2015
  • Tagged as: A. aegypti, apoptosis, arbovirus, baculovirus, caspase, caterpillar, insect, metalloproteinase, mosquito, Sindbis virus, transmission, viral, virology, virus

Vincent visits the ‘Little Apple’ and speaks with Rollie and Lorena about their work on mosquito-born viruses and baculoviruses.

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