Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit
Vincent, Alan, and Rich explore a novel bunyavirus isolated in China, the recent polio outbreak in Republic of the Congo, and cell to cell transmission of a retrovirus by biofilm-like extracellular assemblies.
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Links for this episode:
- Novel bunyavirus isolated in China (NEJM)
- Bunyavirus page at ViralZone
- Polio outbreak, Republic of the Congo (MMWR)
- Poliovirus isolation from Republic of the Congo polio outbreak (Eurosurveillance)
- HTLV-1 transmission by biofilm-like extracellular assemblies (Nature Medicine)
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