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TWiV 35: Much achoo about nothing

In episode 35 of This Week in Virology, hosts Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Dick Despommier and guest Richard Kessin talk about Lujo virus, a new arenavirus, influenza, WHO rewriting pandemic rules, adjuvants, and a brief history of microbiology.

Links for this episode:

• Lujo virus, a new arenavirus

• Is CDC too optimistic about influenza?

• WHO to rewrite pandemic rules

• Adjuvant at wikipedia

• Avery, MacLeod, McCarty 50th anniversary ( pdf)

• Pasteur’s swan-neck flask

Broth was placed in a flask and the neck was heated and drawn out. The broth was open to the air, but remained sterile as long as microbe-containing dust collected in the neck and did not reach the liquid.

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Dick Three papers on origins of infectious diseases (one, two, three)
Rich An Imperfect Lens by Anne Roiphe
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Vincent e! Science News

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