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

Special guest: Ian Lipkin

Ian joins Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Kathy to describe how his laboratory is searching for the origin of MERS-coronavirus.

Links for this episode:

• MERS-CoV in bats (EID)
• Mystery virus (NY Times)
• Part of MERS-CoV found in bat (virology blog()
• T. perforatus
• Frag virus (Virol J)
• Even Nature got it wrong! (Nature)
• Bats: Important reservoirs of emerging viruses (Clin Micro Rev)
• Letters read on TWiV 247

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Alan - Challenge.gov
Vincent - 23andme
Rich - Spot the station

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Frank - Pacifier cleaning practices and risk of allergy development (Pediatrics)

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