TWiV 527: City mouse, country mouse

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.

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

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Links for this episode

• Please take the TWiV listener survey
• ASV 2019 Satellite Symposia
• Crowdfunding for EV-D68 research
• Outbreak (exhibit, TWiV 501)
• Four Corners hantavirus outbreak (Wikipedia)
• Death at the Corner (Atlantic)
• Hantavirus infection by US state (CDC)
• Hantavirus US cases and mortality (CDC)
• Hantavirus international cases (CDC)
• Belmont hantavirus death (NYTimes)
• Intestinal dysmotility following flavivirus infection of mice (Cell)
• Image credit
• Letters read on TWiV 527
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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