TWiV 517: Just in time for Halloween

Brianne and Vincent tackle two studies that utilize infectious viruses to examine zoonotic potential of Bombali virus, a new ebolavirus from an insectivorous species in Sierra Leone, and a human mumps-like virus from an African flying fox in DRC. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Pan American Society for Clinical Virology San Diego and Houston Regional Meetings It's not SARS 2.0 (TWiV 364) Bats out of hell (TWiV 183) Bombali virus, a new Ebolavirus (Nat Micro) Asymptomatic Ebolavirus infections (virology blog) Bat-borne mumps virus (Cell Rep) Image credit Letters read on TWiV 517 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Science Picks Brianne - Ed Yong on AFM Vincent - Goggles Optional podcast (especially #243) Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]