This Week in Virology

TWiV 112: Creating a killer poxvirus

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Created on Sunday, 19 December 2010 18:13

Written by Vincent Racaniello

On episode 112 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, and Rich review the making of a virulent poxvirus by insertion of the gene encoding IL-4, and severe 2009 H1N1 influenza due to pathogenic immune complexes.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

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Links for this episode:

• Expression of IL-4 makes a killer poxvirus
• Additional studies on poxvirus-IL-4 recombinants
• Creation of killer poxvirus could have been predicted
• Interleukin regulation of Th responses
• Severe pandemic H1N1 disease due to immune complexes
• Unusually high influenza mortality in 18-65 years old
• The complement system
• TWiV on Facebook
• Letters read on TWiV 112

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