On episode #73 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Dickson, and Rich discuss multipotent progenitor bone marrow cells as a reservoir of HIV-1, integration of HHV-6 into telomeres, and dispersal of West Nile virus across the US by mosquitoes.

Host links Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Rich Condit

Links for this episode: * HIV-1 infects multipotent progenitor cells * HHV-6 genome integrates into telomeres * A role for mosquito-mediated dispersal of West Nile virus across the US * Using tobacco mosaic virus to produce synthetic photovoltaic cells (thanks Nissin!) * Animation of HIV replication cycle (thanks Ilya!) * Can computer viruses evolve? (thanks Norman!) * Mumps outbreak in Israel (one and two) (thanks Ariel!) * Bocavirus infections in children (thanks Tyler!)

Weekly science picks: Dickson Whole-Genome Sequencing in a Patient with Charcot–Marie–Tooth Neuropathy (NEJM and NY Times)
Rich Invisible Frontiers: The Race to Synthesize a Human Geneby Stephen Hall
Vincent Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections - videocasts