TWiV 248: TWiP infects TWiV

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Dickson Despommier, and Rich Condit Vincent, Dickson, and Rich reveal how experiments with a malaria parasite lead to the introduction of a mammalian retrovirus into birds. Links for this episode: Scientists cast doubt on MERS origin (NY Times) Animal reservoirs of SARS coronavirus (Virus Res) Jo Handelsman in the White House Origins of REV (PLoS Biology) Inadvertent transfer (virology blog) Mongoose, pheasant, pox, retrovirus (PLoS Biol) Evolutionary history of REVs Amazing story (Ed Yong) My wife's P. lophurae paper (Mol Bio Parasitol) William Trager's SNV paper (Exp Biol Med) EBV detection tests (Clin Diag Lab Immunol) Letters read on TWiV 248 Weekly Science Picks Dickson - Google Sky Rich - Vanishing of the Bees (see also Bee Apocalypse Now ) Vincent - Not Exactly Rocket Science Listener Pick of the Week Saira - Reproducibility Initiative Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected]