TWiV 204: M m m my corona

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Matt Frieman, and Kathy Spindler

Vincent, Alan, Matt and Kathy review isolation of a new coronavirus from two patients in the Middle East, and expansion of the enteric virome during simian AIDS.

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Links for this episode:

• Novel coronavirus (virology blog one, two)
• PCR assay for novel CoV (Eurosurveillance)
• Isolation of novel coronavirus (NEJM)
• SARS CoV now a select agent (Federal Register, pdf)
• My Sharona
• Pathogenic SIV infection associated with expansion of gut virome (Cell)
• Letters read on TWiV 204

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