TWiV 191: When two rights make a wrong

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Nissin Moussatche Nissin joins the TWiV crew to discuss an outbreak of lethal disease among Cambodian children, and recombination among attenuated herpesvirus vaccines leading to pathogenic viruses. Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed, by email, or listen on your mobile device with the Microbeworld app. Links for this episode: Outbreak in Cambodia (CNN) Pathogen mix in Cambodian illness (ProMedMail) Undiagnosed illness in Cambodia (WHO) Enterovirus 71 (virology blog) Recombination among attenuated vaccines (Science) An outbreak of irony (Ed Yong) Infectious laryngotracheitis Gallid herpesvirus 1 (Wikipedia) Iltovirus (ViralZone) TWiV on Facebook Letters read on TWiV 191 Weekly Science Picks Alan - H5N1 genetic changes inventory Rich - Mythbusters: Diet Coke and Mentos (YouTube channel) Nissin - The Pox and the Covenant by Tony Williams, and Tired of War by Tereza Batista Vincent - FAQ: The 'snake bite' portion of your thesis defense Listener Pick of the Week Gopal - All's not fair in science and publishing Luis - The Origin of AIDS by Jacques Pepin (Nature review) Sven - Visualizing information flow in science Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected], or call them in to 908-312-0760. You can also post articles that you would like us to discuss at microbeworld.org and tag them with twiv.