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TWiV 567: Outbreaks and a breakout

29 September 2019 by Vincent Racaniello

The TWiV team covers outbreaks of eastern equine encephalitis virus in the US and poliovirus in the Philippines, and explain how a chemokine induced by HIV-1 infection helps release more virus particles from cells.

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Filed Under: This Week in Virology Tagged With: ALIX, alphavirus, CCL2, chemokine, cytoskeleton, eastern equine encephalitis virus, EEE, ESCRT, HIV-1, IPV, OPV, outbreak, poliovirus, togavirus, vaccine, viral, virology, virus, virus budding, viruses

TWiV 527: City mouse, country mouse

30 December 2018 by Vincent Racaniello

The TWiV team summarizes the discovery of Sin Nombre virus, and presents evidence that neurotropic flaviviruses can cause intestinal dysmotility syndromes after systemic infection of mice.

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Filed Under: This Week in Virology Tagged With: deer mouse, enteric nervous system, flavivirus, hantavirus, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, IBS, inflammatory bowel syndrome, intestinal dysmotility syndrome, neurotropic, outbreak, Peromyscus maniculatus, sin nombre virus, viral, virology, virus, viruses, West Nile virus, zoonosis

TWiV 515: When virus is in retrograde

14 October 2018 by Vincent Racaniello

The TWiV team notes the passing of Tom Steitz, an outbreak of acute flaccid myelitis in the US, a continuing Ebola virus outbreak in DRC, respiratory vaccinia due to inhalation of ground up rabbit skin, and how a human papillomavirus capsid protein directs virus-containing endosomes towards the nucleus.

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Filed Under: This Week in Virology Tagged With: capsid protein L2, cell penetrating peptide, DRC, ebola virus, HPV, human papillomavirus, outbreak, rabbit skin, respiratory vaccinia, retrograde transport, retromer, Tom Steitz, trans-Golgi network, vaccine, vaccinia virus, viral, virology, virus, virus entry, viruses

TWiV 507: The fusion of form and function

19 August 2018 by Vincent Racaniello

The TWiV team discuss the biology of Ebola viruses, and how localization of the membrane proteins of vaccinia virus drive function: the fusion machinery sits at the tips of virions, and binding proteins are at the sides.

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Filed Under: This Week in Virology Tagged With: ebola virus, fusion machinery, membrane protein, outbreak, polarized virus proteins, Smithsonian Institution, spillover, super-resolution microscopy, vaccinia virus, viral, virology, virus, viruses, zoonosis

TWiV 504: Flying foxes and barking pigs

29 July 2018 by Vincent Racaniello

The TWiVerinos discuss Nipah virus and the recent outbreak in India, and the first cast of polio in Papua New Guinea in 18 years.

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Filed Under: This Week in Virology Tagged With: date palm sap, henipavirus, Nipah virus, outbreak, Papua New Guinea, poliovirus, Smithsonian Institution, vaccine, viral, virology, virus, viruses

TWiV 501: Outbreak

8 July 2018 by Vincent Racaniello

Vincent visits the Smithsonian Institution and speaks with Sabrina Sholts, Jon Epstein, and Ed Niles about the exhibit Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World.

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Filed Under: This Week in Virology Tagged With: ebola virus, epidemic, influenza virus, MERS, National Museum of Natural History, Nipah virus, One Health, outbreak, SARS, smallpox virus, Smithsonian, spillover, viral, virology, virus, viruses, zoonosis, zoonotic

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