Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

The TWiV team discusses recent cases of polio-like paralysis in California, and the virome of 14th century paleofeces.

Links for this episode * MERS-CoV in dromedary camels (EID) * Virologist Al Kapikian dies * Polio-like illness in CA (ProMedMail) * Acute flaccid paralysis * AFP in India (EID) * Enterovirus 68 (MMWR) * EV 68 CNS infection (Arch Path Lab Med) * Polio-free does not mean paralysis-free (The Hindu) * Viruses in 14th century coprolite (AEM) * Coprolite and paleofeces * Ancient poxvirus (EID) * Giant coprolite (WordADay) * Letters read on TWiV 274

Weekly Science Picks Alan - The science of science communication Rich - Command and Control by Eric Schlosser
Dickson - Top 10 plant viruses Vincent - Is the Nobel Prize good for science?
Kathy - Time to rethink graduate and postdoc education (YouTube)

Listener Pick of the Week Jon - Lessons from a Kansas graveyard
Mike - Cross a fashion designer with a microbiologist

Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twiv@twiv.tv