TWiV 331: Why is this outbreak different from all other outbreaks?

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Dickson Despommier , Alan Dove , Rich Condit , and Kathy Spindler The TWiV team discusses the possible association of the respiratory pathogen enterovirus D68 with neurological disease. This episode is sponsored by SciMed Solutions and ASM Education . Links for this episode Clusters of AFP associated with enterovirus D68 (Lancet) 31:35 Novel outbreak enterovirus D68 strain (Lancet Inf Dis) 53:00 Enterovirus D68 in Norway (Euro Surveill) 1:12:00 Unknown enemy (Nature) 1:10:40 Enterovirus D68 on TWiV 302 Letters read on TWiV 331 8:00, 1:23:50 Timestamps by Jennifer . Thank you! Weekly Science Picks 1:53:50 Alan - OU0POLIO ham radio special event station ( on air reports ) Rich - Crane building itself (YouTube) Kathy - Vaccine heroes LEGO project Dickson - Life at the limits Vincent - Emperor of all Maladies film and Conference gender balance Listener Pick of the Week Jake - Designing useful microbes Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected]