TWiV 411: Chicken runs

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

The TWiVeroos examine a reverse spillover of Newcastle disease virus vaccines into wild birds, and identification of a protein cell receptor for murine noroviruses.

 

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Links for this episode

• MicrobeTV Store
• Florida DOH Daily Zika Update
• Zika virus in new Miami neighborhood (CNN, NYTimes)
• NDV vaccine virus in wild birds (PLoS One)
• Protein cell receptor for murine norovirus (Science, PNAS)
• Poliovirus receptor analysis (J Virol)
• Letters read on TWiV 411

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