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TWiV 340: No shift, measles

7 June 2015 by Vincent Racaniello

On episode #340 of the science show This Week in Virology, the TWiV teams reviews a MERS-coronavirus serosurvey and an outbreak in South Korea, and constraints on measles virus antigenic variation.

You can find TWiV #340 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.

Filed Under: This Week in Virology Tagged With: antigenic variation, backyard, biolabs, bsl3, bsl4, camel, coronavirus, influenza virus, measles virus, MERS-CoV, mutagenesis, mutation, outbreak, richard elliott, serosurvey, transposon, viral, virology, virus

TWiV 302: The sky is falling

14 September 2014 by Vincent Racaniello

On episode #302 of the science show This Week in Virology, the TWiVers discuss the growing Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, and an epidemic of respiratory disease in the US caused by enterovirus D68.

You can find TWiV #302 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.

Filed Under: This Week in Virology Tagged With: aerosol transmission, bsl3, bsl4, containment, ebola virus, enterovirus D68, hemorrhagic fever, mutation, outbreak, picornavirus, respiratory disease, vaccine, viral, virology, virus, West Africa

Behind the scenes: TWiV 200 at the NEIDL

23 September 2012 by Vincent Racaniello

We celebrated the 200th episode of TWiV by visiting the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University Medical Center, where we met with Elke, Paul, and Ron to talk about building and working in a BSL4 facility. It was an amazing visit that will be fully documented in an upcoming video. Here are some behind-the-scenes photographs of two memorable days.

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: arenavirus, biocontainment, biodefense, bioterrorism, bsl2, bsl3, bsl4, containment facility, filovirus, NEIDL, niaid, select agent, viral, virology, virus

TWiV 200: Threading the NEIDL

23 September 2012 by Vincent Racaniello

TWiV Team in BSL4 suitsOn episode #200 of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, and Rich visit the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University Medical Center, where they meet with Elke, Paul, and Ron to talk about building and working in a BSL4 facility.

You can find TWiV #200 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.

Filed Under: This Week in Virology Tagged With: arenavirus, biocontainment, biodefense, bioterrorism, bsl2, bsl3, bsl4, containment facility, filovirus, NEIDL, niaid, select agent, viral, virology, virus

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