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This Week in Microbiology is a podcast about unseen life on Earth hosted by Vincent Racaniello and friends. Following in the path of his successful shows 'This Week in Virology' (TWiV) and 'This Week in Parasitism' (TWiP), Racaniello and guests produce an informal yet informative conversation about microbes which is accessible to everyone, no matter what their science background.
TWiV 668: Mice, bats, and coronaviruses with Tony Schountz
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Tony Schountz joins TWiV to explain the work of his laboratory showing that deer mice can be infected with and transmit SARS-CoV-2, and how his colony of Jamaican fruit bats is being used to understand their response to virus infections.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler and Brianne Barker
Guest: Tony Schountz
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Links for this episode
- SARS-CoV-2 infection of deer mice (bioRxiv)
- Infection of Jamaican fruit bats with MERS-CoV (Sci Rep)
- Immunological control of virus infections in bats (Front Immunol)
- Transmission of bat influenza viruses in bats (Nat Micro)
- Letters read on TWiV 668
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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