TWiV 297: Ebola! Don't panic

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

The TWiVites present an all-ebolavirus episode, tackling virology, epidemiology, and approaches to prevention and cure that are in the pipeline.

Links for this episode

• Risks and benefits of gain-of-function experiments (mBio)
• Scientists for Science
• US Policy for oversight of DURC (pdf)
• US framework for guiding H5N1 transmission expts (pdf)
• Extra oversight for H7N9 experiments (Science)
• TWiV 283: No Reston for the weary
• Is it Ebolavirus or Ebola virus? (virology blog)
• Ebola virus disease update (WHO)
• Ebola virus disease FAQ (WHO)
• Ebola hemorrhagic fever (CDC)
• Ebola virus disease: ecology meets economy (PLoS NTD)
• 2014 Ebola virus outbreak (J Gen Virol)
• 2014 Ebola virus outbreak (MMWR)
• If Ebola virus came to the US (Vox)
• Zaire ebolavirus in West Africa (interview with Tom Solomon)
• Why Ebola patients were brought to US (Wash Post)
• Experimental treatment and vaccines for Ebola (CDC)
• Aerosol transmission of Reston virus (Sci Rep)
• Ebola - A growing threat? (NEJM)
• On the cusp of Ebola vaccine (Know)
• Ebolavirus vaccines and antivirals (virology blog)
• Immune responses to Ebolavirus infection (Exp Rev Clin Imm)
• Antibody therapy for Ebola (Hum Vacc Immunother)
• Plant derived monoclonals protect macaques from Ebolavirus (PNAS)
• Anti-ebolavirus monoclonal cocktail (Sci Trans Med)
• ZMapp info sheet (pdf)
• ZMapp PR (pdf)
• High tech treatment for Ebola (ArsTechnica)
• ZMapp protects macaques (Sci Rep)
• Letters read on TWiV 297

Weekly Science Picks

Alan - Historical perspective on Ebola (Tara C Smith)
Rich - Tell the negative committee to shut up (Fanuel Muindi)
Kathy - Art of Night (Vimeo)
Vincent - Is Ebola virus going to kill me? (John Skylar)

Listener Pick of the Week

Peter - Dr. Michael Saag interview by Dr. Virginia Campbell
David - PI Predictor (app, article, publication)

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