TWiV 417: O is the loneliest letter

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

The Fellowship of the Virus trace the early history of HIV in North America, based on genome sequences obtained from late 1970s archival sera, which also reveal that Gaetan Dugas was not Patient Zero.

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Links for this episode

• WHO: Zika virus is no longer a PHEIC 6:00
• World AIDS Day 5:30
• Early HIV/AIDS history in North America (Nature) 14:50
• Dugas was not AIDS patient zero (virology blog) 24:45
• Image credit
• Letters read on TWiV 417 30:15

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Weekly Science Picks 1:35:50

Alan – VP8SGI
Dickson – New leaf-shaped spider discovered
Rich – Dance of Earth and Venus About the Sun
Kathy – Cultivar Series, Mutatoes, Uli Westphal site
Vincent – Kung Fu Mantis vs Jumping Spider

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