Episode Details

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

The TWiVome discuss the blood virome of 8,420 humans, and thoroughly geek out on a paper about the number of parental viruses in a plaque.

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Links for this episode

• ASM Grant Writing Course
• Screwworm letters
• Blood DNA virome of 8,240 humans (PLoS Path)
• Plaque co-infection frequencies (mBio)
• Ode to a plaque (TWiV 68)
• Counting viruses (Virus Watch)
• First animal virus plaque assay (J Exp Med)
• Letters read on TWiV 435

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 Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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