TWiV #90 - Guano happens

11/07/2010 1h 29min
TWiV #90 - Guano happens

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Episode Synopsis

On episode #90 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, Rich and Eric discuss identification of viruses in Northeastern American bats, vaccinia virus infection after sexual contact with a military vaccinee, and identification of a new flavivirus from an Old World bat in Bangladesh.
Host links Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Eric F. Donaldson
Links for this episode:

Vaccinia virus infection after sexual contact with vaccinee
Smallpox vaccination overview
Smallpox vaccine lesions (jpg)
Smallpox hospital, Roosevelt Island, NY (photo 1, photo 2)
Isolation of a flavivirus from bats in Bangladesh (PLoS Pathogens)
Review on hepatitis G virus
Dickson has been teaching at Singularity University and fishing in Bozeman MT (jpg)
Letters read on TWiV 90

Weekly science picks:
Eric - Year of Darwin by Sean Carroll Rich - March of the Penguins Alan - Standing-height desks Vincent - DengueWatch (thanks Richard!)