TWiV #34 - Arsenic and facemasks
In episode 34 of This Week in Virology, hosts Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and guest Stephen Morse discuss progressive vaccinia in a smallpox vaccinee, arsenic and influenza in mice, facemasks and flu transmission, and antigenic and genetic analyses of the new H1N1 influenza virus.
Links for this episode:- Progressive vaccinia in a military smallpox vaccinee
- Arsenic compromises the immune response to influenza in mice
- Facemasks prevent flu transmission in a mathematical model
- Serum cross-reactive antibody response to the new H1N1 influenza virus
- Antigenic and genetic characteristics of the new H1N1 influenza viruses
- Preparation of influenza virus vaccine seeds
- Paul Ewald on the evolution of virulence
- Alan Org-Mode
- Vincent Human/Swine A/H1N1 Influenza Origins and Evolution
- Stephen The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin