Episode Details

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

The TWiVaniellos discuss a thermostable poliovirus empty capsid vaccine, and two cell genes that act as a switch between entry and clearance of picornavirus infection.

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Links for this episode

• Register for ASV 2017
• ASM-ASV Conference on Interplay of Viral and Bacterial Pathogens
• XKCD #242
• Thermostable poliovirus empty capsid vaccine (PLoS Path)
• Switch between viral entry and clearance (Nature)
• Glass poliovirus by Jason Roberts
• Letters read on TWiV 425

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