TWiV 199: Of mice, ticks, and pigs

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Alan Dove , Rich Condit , and Kathy Spindler Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Kathy discuss recent outbreaks of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Yosemite National Park and novel swine-origin influenza in the US midwest, and isolation of the Heartland virus from two patients in Missouri with severe febrile illness. Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace , by the RSS feed , by email , or listen on your mobile device with the Microbeworld app . Links for this episode: Hantavirus outbreak in Yosemite (ProMedMail) Hantavirus in Yosemite (CDC) CDC page on hantavirus Summary of hantavirus outbreak (Avian Flu Diary) Swine-origin influenza outbreak in midwest (MMWR) Lyn Finelli interview on swine-origin H3N2 (Microbeworld) Transmission of vH3N2 in ferrets (PNAS) New phlebovirus from Missouri (NEJM) TWiV on Facebook Letters read on TWiV 199 Weekly Science Picks Alan - Insane in the Chromatophores (Vimeo) Rich - Golden Goose Awards Kathy - Euler's Disk (YouTube) Vincent - Ignorance: How it Drives Science by Stuart Firestein Listener Pick of the Week Adam - Leigh Van Valen Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected], or call them in to 908-312-0760. You can also post articles that you would like us to discuss at microbeworld.org and tag them with twiv .