215: Cultural transformation and pathogen emergence

A ferret model for infection by SARS-CoV-2, and how Neolithization lead to emergence of a human bacterial pathogen.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michele Swanson and Michael Schmidt

Links for this episode:

• Infection and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in ferrets (Cell Host Micr)
• Neolithization led to emergence of Salmonella enterica (Nat Ecol Evol)
• Arnold Demain (Wikipedia)

Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.

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