Description

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

The complete TWiV crew reviews work on MERS-coronavirus, including serological studies in camels, production of an infectious DNA clone, and identification of an interferon antagonist.

Links for this episode:

• Stephan Chron dies (NY Times)
• Philip Marcus dies (NY Times)
• Philip Marcus on TWiV #197
• Ellen Fanning dies (news@Vanderbilt)
• Donald Low dies (CBC News)
• MERS timeline
• MERS-CoV seroepidemiology (Eurosurveillance)
• MERS-CoV neutralizing antibodies in camels (Lancet Inf Dis)
• MERS-CoV vaccine candidate (mBio)
• MERS-CoV infectious DNA (PNAS)
• MERS-CoV protein 4a is IFN antagonist (J Virol)
• Letters read on TWiV 251

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Alan - Digital Public Library of America
Rich - Dengue virus life cycle animation
Vincent - Creative Live

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Peter - SARS documentary (BBC)

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