Description

The TWiV team covers outbreaks of eastern equine encephalitis virus in the US and poliovirus in the Philippines, and explain how a chemokine induced by HIV-1 infection helps release more virus particles from cells.

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

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Links for this episode

• Poliomyelitis returns to the Philippines (Mashable, virology blog)
• EEE in the USA (Am J Trop Med Hyg)
• Chemokine helps HIV-1 release (eLIFE)
• Image credit
• Letters read on TWiV 567
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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