This Week in Virology (TWiV) #134: Meet Ralph, your cruise director

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Stephanie Karst

Vincent, Rich, Alan, and Dickson review noroviruses with Stephanie Karst, PhD.

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Links for this episode:

• Caliciviruses at ViralZone
• Norovirus page at CDC
• Norovirus infection does not confer protection (J Virology)
• Norovirus vaccine by LigoCyte (pdf)
• The official diarrhea song
• TWiV on Facebook
• Letters read on TWiV 133

Weekly Science Picks

Stephanie - Effectors of the type I interferon response (Nature)
Dickson - Receptor for Ebola virus (PNAS)
Rich - A History of Vaccines
Alan - The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Vincent - ASM Live 2011 webcast

Listener Pick of the Week

Sophie - TED talk app for iPad and iPhone

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