HCV

Did hepatitis C virus originate in horses?

About 2% of the world’s population is chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). This enveloped, positive-strand RNA virus was discovered in 1989, but serological and phylogenetic evidence indicates that it has been infecting humans for hundreds of years, perhaps as long ago as the 14th century. All human viral infections most likely originated in …

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TWiV 166: Breaking and entering

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Alan Dove Vincent, Dickson, Rich, and Alan review cell proteins essential for entry of hepatitis C, Ebola, and measles viruses. Please help us by taking our listener survey. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV166.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV 166 (59 MB .mp3,  98 minutes). Subscribe to …

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TWiV 150: Contaminated

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Dickson Despommier Vincent, Dickson, and Rich meant to do an all-email episode, but first they review results of the Blood XMRV Scientific Research Working Group, and partial retraction of the paper associating XMRV with chronic fatigue syndrome. With this episode TWiV is three years old. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV150.mp3″] Click the arrow above …

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TWiV 141: Mickey gets HCV

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Matt Evans Matt Evans joins Vincent, Rich, Dickson, and Alan to deconstruct a mouse model for hepatitis C virus infection. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV141.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #141 (117 MB .mp3, 97 minutes). Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at …

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