Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit
Vincent, Alan, and Rich discuss the virus behind rose rosette disease, and fatal human encephalitis caused by a variegated squirrel bornavirus.
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- Virology tenure-track position at NIH (pdf) 7:00
- Voinnet investigation is a Swiss Federal secret (twitter) 12:25
- Rose rosette disease in Ft. Worth (Star Telegram) 29:35
- Rose rosette virus discovered (J Gen Virol) 34:25
- Emeravirus (ViralZone) 33:55
- Eriophyid mites (MI Botanical Garden) 32:40
- Mite vector of rose rosette disease (U Florida) 34:55
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- Squirrel bornavirus associated with human encephalitis (NEJM) 38:40
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- Letters read on TWiV 347 8:10, 59:40
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