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TWiV 118: The virus always rings twice

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

Vincent, Alan, and Rich answer listener questions about vaccinia virus, fungal viruses, synthetic viruses, influenza vaccine, HeLa cells, multiplicity of infection, and much more.

Right click to download TWiV #118 (68 MB .mp3, 94 minutes).

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Links for this episode:

• Distribution of glycoproteins on virion surface (paper 1, paper 2) - thanks, Conor!
• Susceptibility of cancer cell lines to tanapox (thanks, Cheryl!)
• Poxvirus family tree
• Sugar, the bitter truth (YouTube) - thanks, Mary!
• BBC podcast: Artificial life (thanks, Sam!)
• Arthritis and influenza at CDC
• Multiplicity of infection at virology blog
• Virus-like particle vaccines (thanks, Sheldon!)
• TWiV on Facebook
• Letters read on TWiV 118

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