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TWiV 104: The colony-collapse blues
On episode #104 of the podcast This Week in Virology, The entire TWiV family reviews the latest ideas about colony collapse disorder of honeybees, and resurgence of monkeypox in Africa.
Host links Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit
Links for this episode:
- The Harvey Lectures
- Iridovirus and microsporidian linked to colony collapse disorder
- CCD discussed previously on TWiV 64, 49, and 46
- Why are they called iridoviruses?
- Iridoviruses at ViralZone
- Scientists and soldiers solve a bee mystery (NY Times, pdf)
- Edgewood research center involvement in CCD
- Resurgence of monkeypox in Africa (PNAS)
- Orthopoxvirus in Ghana
- Outbreak of monkeypox in US (MMWR)
- Goodbye smallpox vaccination, hello monkeypox
- Letters read on TWiV 104
Weekly science picks:
Dickson - Four Fish by Paul Greenberg
Alan - Nikon Small World contest, 2010 winners
Rich - Encyclopedia of Life
Vincent - First all-digital science textbook will be free (thanks, @windsurfer)
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TWiV #104 (70 MB .mp3, 97 minutes)
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