This Week in Virology

TWiV 173: Going to bat for flu research

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Created on Sunday, 04 March 2012 22:15

Written by Vincent Racaniello

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Michael Walsh, and Ashlee Bennett

The TWiVites discuss seroevidence for human infection with avian influenza H5N1, and the discovery of a new influenza virus in Guatemalan bats.

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Links for this episode:

• Seroevidence for human H5N1 infection (Science)
• Mammalian-transmissible H5N1 (mBio)
• New information about ferret-adapted H5N1 (NY Times, virology blog)
• New influenza virus from fruit bats (PNAS)
• Elsevier abandons open access assault (The Scientist)
• Le virus le plus dangereux?
• TWiV on Facebook
• Letters read on TWiV 173

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