TWiV 623: Bats and coronaviruses with Peter Daszak


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Jun 03 2020 81 mins   512
Peter Daszak joins TWiV to explain the work of EcoHealth Alliance in surveillance of bats in China for SARS-related coronaviruses to provide the information needed to prevent future pandemics, and why NIH recently withdrew financial support for their work. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Guest: Peter Daszak Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Bats are reservoirs of SARSr-CoV (Science) Bat SARSr-CoV that binds ACE2 (Nature) Rich gene pool of bat SARSr-CoV (PLoS Path) Bat SARSr-CoV infect humans (Virol Sin) Transmission of bat SARSr-CoV in China (bioRxiv) Global Virome Project (Science) ASV Virtual Workshops 2020 Image credit Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]