TWiV #89 - Where do viruses vacation?

On episode #89 of the podcast This Week in Virology , Vincent and Alan review recent findings on the association of the retrovirus XMRV with ME/CFS, reassortment of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in swine, and where influenza viruses travel in the off-season. Host links Vincent Racaniello and Alan Dove Links for this episode: Conflicting XMRV papers on hold Leak of PNAS paper CDC study on XMRV in CFS patients ( Retrovirology ) and Science update Where influenza viruses travel in the off season ( EurekaAlert! and PLoS Pathogens ) NPR article on Ebola siRNA treatment (thanks, Andreas!) Priming mechanism for reovirus entry (thanks, Agyeman-Badu!) Wired article on science PR (thanks, Dan!) Letters read on TWiV 89 Weekly science picks: Alan - Tree of Life graphic Vincent - TEDx Oil Spill