TWiV 878: Shape matters sometimes

<p>TWiV revisits chronic wasting disease of cervids and the ability of the prions to infect meadow voles and raccoons, and the suggestion that stochastic assembly of influenza virus particles may play a role in phenotypic diversity.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello">Vincent Racaniello</a>, <a title="Dickson Despommier" href= "http://trichinella.org/">Dickson Despommier</a>, <a href= "http://mgm.ufl.edu/profile/condit-rich/">Rich Condit</a>, and <a title="Amy Rosenfeld" href="http://enterovirus.net/">Amy Rosenfeld</a></p> <p>Subscribe (free): <a title= "http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=300973784" href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-virology/id1176779065">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href= "https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL3R3aXYubWljcm9iZXdvcmxkLmxpYnN5bnByby5jb20vdHdpdg%3D%3D">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href= "http://twiv.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/twiv">RSS</a>, <a href="http://eepurl.com/Gcw59">email</a></p> <p>Become a <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of TWiV!</p> <h3 id="links-for-this-episode"><strong>Links for this episode</strong></h3> <ul> <li>CWD in <a href= "https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/4/21-0271_article">meadow voles and raccoons</a> (Emerg Inf Dis)</li> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/DJq-tFLrypU">Unusual infectious agents</a> (Virology Live)</li> <li>Low fidelity <a href= "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30503209/">influenza virus assembly</a> (Cell)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-743/">Shape-shifting</a> viruses (TWiV 743)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-170-from-variolous-effluvia-to-vlps/"> From variolous effluvia to VLPs</a> (TWiV 170)</li> <li><a href="https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-478/">A pox on your horse</a> (TWiV 478)</li> <li><a title="Letters read" href= "https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-878-letters/">Letters read</a> on TWiV 878</li> <li>Timestamps by <a href= "http://www.twitter.com/jrrmicro">Jolene</a>. Thanks!</li> </u