This Week in Virology (TWiV) #127 is up: Viruses are no joke

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

Vincent, Alan, and Rich explore a novel bunyavirus isolated in China, the recent polio outbreak in Republic of the Congo, and cell to cell transmission of a retrovirus by biofilm-like extracellular assemblies.

Right-click to download TWiV #127 (62 MB .mp3, 86 minutes).

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Links for this episode:

• Novel bunyavirus isolated in China (NEJM)
• Bunyavirus page at ViralZone
• Polio outbreak, Republic of the Congo (MMWR)
• Poliovirus isolation from Republic of the Congo polio outbreak (Eurosurveillance)
• HTLV-1 transmission by biofilm-like extracellular assemblies (Nature Medicine)
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• Letters read on TWiV 127

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