TWiV #79: Red hot chili viruses

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Alan Dove.

On episode #79 of the podcast “This Week in Virology”, Vincent and Alan converse about making published science accessible to everyone, global eradication of poliomyelitis, and whether a plant virus can cause disease in humans.

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6 thoughts on “TWiV #79: Red hot chili viruses”

  1. –5:00 AD: PLOS not sustainable , author pay
    {why does it cost money ?}
    before the 60s not available (yet ? scan it ?)
    –10:00 government funding –> accessable
    12 months , pubmed central , 400000 downloads a day
    shorten to 6 months ?

    Columbia-papers at a webpage, which ?
    “compact” ?
    –14:14 federal funded research public act , congress

    –17:00 eradication of polio …

  2. This episode made me want to ask Dick whether there are any eukaryotic parasites that move between plants or fungi and animals.

  3. This episode made me want to ask Dick whether there are any eukaryotic parasites that move between plants or fungi and animals.

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