This Week in Virology

TWiV 258: Hedging our bats

Nov 11, 2013 · 1 hr 25 min · 62.0 MB
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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Matt Frieman

Matt joins the TWiV team to discuss the discovery of a SARS-like coronavirus in bats that can infect human cells, and what is going on with MERS-coronavirus.

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