TWiV 247: Today's weather in virology

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)
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