Description

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Kathy Spindler

Vincent, Dickson, and Kathy review two emerging bunyaviruses, SFTSV and SBV.

Links for this episode:

• Human transmission of SFTSV (JID)
• SFTSV serosurvey (EID)
• SFTSV on TWiV 147
• SFTSV in Japan (ProMedMail)
• SFTSV mouse model (PNAS)
• SBV infectious DNA and mouse model (PLoS Path)
• SBV in Sweden (ProMedMail)
• Letters read on TWiV 221

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