This Week in Virology (TWiV) #130: Rhino tracking, wrestling pox, and HCV in the crosshairs

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

Vincent, Alan, and Rich discuss growth in culture of newly identified rhinovirus C, vaccinia transmission among wrestlers and martial artists, and results of phase III clinical trial of boceprevir, a new inhibitor of hepatitis C virus replication.

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Links for this episode:

• Growth of newly identified rhinovirus C (Nature Medicine)
• Global distribution of rhinovirus C (EID)
• Vaccinia transmission among wrestlers (EID)
• Vaccine transmission in a martial arts gym (EID)
• Boceprevir for untreated HCV infection (NEJM)
• Boceprevir for previously treated HCV infection (NEJM)
• HCV antiviral pipeline
• The good viruses (Nat Rev Micro)
• TWiV on Facebook
• Letters read on TWiV 130

Weekly Science Picks

Rich - Rock-paper-scissors vs computer (thanks, Megan!)
Alan - WebCite
Vincent - Edward Jenner Museum (EID)

Listener Pick of the Week

Derek Tolly  - A Paralyzing Fear: The Story of Polio in America (IMDb)

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