Description

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

The TWiV team discusses recent cases of polio-like paralysis in California, and the virome of 14th century paleofeces.

Links for this episode

• MERS-CoV in dromedary camels (EID)
• Virologist Al Kapikian dies
• Polio-like illness in CA (ProMedMail)
• Acute flaccid paralysis
• AFP in India (EID)
• Enterovirus 68 (MMWR)
• EV 68 CNS infection (Arch Path Lab Med)
• Polio-free does not mean paralysis-free (The Hindu)
• Viruses in 14th century coprolite (AEM)
• Coprolite and paleofeces
• Ancient poxvirus (EID)
• Giant coprolite (WordADay)
• Letters read on TWiV 274

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