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TWiV 104: The colony-collapse blues

24 October 2010 by Vincent Racaniello

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

On episode #104 of the podcast This Week in Virology, the entire TWiV family reviews the latest ideas about colony collapse disorder of honeybees, and resurgence of monkeypox in Africa.

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Links for this episode:

  • The Harvey Lectures
  • Iridovirus and microsporidian linked to colony collapse disorder
  • CCD discussed previously on TWiV 64, 49, and 46
  • Why are they called iridoviruses?
  • Iridoviruses at ViralZone
  • Scientists and soldiers solve a bee mystery (NY Times, pdf)
  • Edgewood research center involvement in CCD
  • Resurgence of monkeypox in Africa (PNAS)
  • Orthopoxvirus in Ghana
  • Outbreak of monkeypox in US (MMWR)
  • Goodbye smallpox vaccination, hello monkeypox
  • Letters read on TWiV 104

Weekly Science Picks

Dickson – Four Fish by Paul Greenberg
Alan – Nikon Small World contest, 2010 winners
Rich – Encyclopedia of Life
Vincent –
First all-digital science textbook will be free (thanks, @windsurfer)

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Filed Under: This Week in Virology Tagged With: colony collapse, honeybee, iridovirus, microsporidian, monkeypox, nosema, smallpox, viral, virology, virus

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