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TWiV 183: Bats out of hell

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Alan Dove, Dickson Despommier, and Connor Bamford

Connor joins the TWiV team to discuss bats as hosts for major mammalian paramyxoviruses.

Right-click to download TWiV 183 (66 MB .mp3, 92 minutes).

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Links for this episode:

• NIH response to Osterholm letter (pdf)
• Who's afraid of the big, bad bioterrorist?
• Bats host major mammalian paramyxoviruses (Nature Comm)
• TWiV on Facebook
• Letters read on TWiV 183

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