Tony Schountz joins TWiV to explain the work of his laboratory showing that deer mice can be infected with and transmit SARS-CoV-2, and how his colony of Jamaican fruit bats is being used to understand their response to virus infections.

Guest

Tony Schountz.

Links for This Episode

• SARS-CoV-2 infection of deer mice (bioRxiv).
• Infection of Jamaican fruit bats with MERS-CoV (Sci Rep).
• Immunological control of virus infections in bats (Front Immunol).
• Transmission of bat influenza viruses in bats (Nat Micro).
• Letters read on TWiV 668.
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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