TWiV #16 - Virology in Saanen, HIV origins

TWiV #16 - Virology in Saanen, HIV origins

Vincent and Jeremy, in Saanen, Switzerland, review the 19th Challenge in Virology meeting, and implications of a new HIV-1 sequence from 1960 for the origin of AIDS.

Links for this episode:

NY Times article on Offit vaccine book.
Nature paper on new 1960 HIV-1 sequence.
Massive polio immunization in Pakistan.
PLoS paper on T cell responses to HERVs in HIV-1 infection.

Science blog of the week: Eye on DNA by Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei
Science podcast pick of the week: Persiflager’s Infectious Disease Podcast
Science book of the week: Microbe Hunters by by Paul de Kruif

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TWiV #4 - Rabies

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TWiV #3 - Dengue

TWiV #3 - Dengue

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Article on the mortgage crisis and West Nile virus in Emerging Infectious Diseases. Environment-oriented review of Dengue. Dengue page at the World Hea...

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TWiV #2 - Polio is not dead

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier polioeradication.org for the latest information on the global state of polio. Abstract of the Science article on engineering a new polio vaccine: “Viru...

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier. Buy “West Nile Story” by Dickson Despommier. ProMed Mail. The global reporting system for outbreaks of emerging infectious disease. PubMed. A service ...

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