This Week in Virology #63: Melting pot virus

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

Vincent, Alan, and Rich talk about US government contract for freeze-dried smallpox vaccine, red squirrels in the UK threatened by poxvirus, and Marseillevirus, another DNA virus from amoebae built for comfort and speed.

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Links for this episode:

• US Government awards contract to Bavarian Nordic for freeze-dried smallpox vaccine (pdf and clinical trial)


• UK red squirrels threatened by poxvirus: news article one and two, epidemiology and experimental infection


• Another huge virus from amoebae (Wired article, PNAS article, review article)


• Discussion on rabies bait vaccine at virology blog, and status of the program


• Viral diseases of humans (pdf)

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