Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Kathy Spindler
Vincent, Dickson, and Kathy review two emerging bunyaviruses, SFTSV and SBV.
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Links for this episode:
- Human transmission of SFTSV (JID)
- SFTSV serosurvey (EID)
- SFTSV on TWiV 147
- SFTSV in Japan (ProMedMail)
- SFTSV mouse model (PNAS)
- SBV infectious DNA and mouse model (PLoS Path)
- SBV in Sweden (ProMedMail)
- Letters read on TWiV 221
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Hi Guys!
Great episode! Just to answer Vincent’s question, Richard Elliott’s group had their SBV rescue system published online in December 2012.
Found at the following link: http://vir.sgmjournals.org/content/early/2012/12/13/vir.0.049981-0.long
Thanks, TWiVFan. I should have just looked it up during the episode.