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Old 07-27-2011, 11:28 PM   #21 (permalink)
 
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Viruses are notorious for mutating rapidly, hence a different flu vaccine every year for humans. I wouldn't count on BBTV "respecting" a magical 50 degree F mark, nor requiring banana aphids for transmission. Maybe it can't survive in California or other temperate / subtropical areas, but is it worth gambling on "maybe"? Personally, I'd only go for TC bananas from Hawaii or other areas with BBTV, unless I was absolutely convinced there was no BBTV infected bananas within 10's or 100' of miles of the source.
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Viruses are notorious for mutating rapidly, hence a different flu vaccine every year for humans. I wouldn't count on BBTV "respecting" a magical 50 degree F mark, nor requiring banana aphids for transmission. Maybe it can't survive in California or other temperate / subtropical areas, but is it worth gambling on "maybe"? Personally, I'd only go for TC bananas from Hawaii or other areas with BBTV, unless I was absolutely convinced there was no BBTV infected bananas within 10's or 100' of miles of the source.
Worth gambling? No. I'm just curious about known parameters of the virus in its present form.
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