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Published: Jan. 26, 2013, 5:14 p.m.

Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello,\xa0Alan Dove,\xa0Rich Condit, and\xa0Dickson Despommier

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Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Dickson review influenza vaccines.

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• \xa0FDA licensed flu vaccines
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• Seasonal influenza vaccine\xa0distributed
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• How flu vaccine strains are selected (one,\xa0two)
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• WHO report on flu\xa0vaccine strain selection\xa0(pdf)
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• Derek Smith on\xa0antigenic mapping
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• Salk's 1945\xa0influenza vaccine
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• TIV preparation:\xa0Fluzone,\xa0Agriflu,\xa0Fluvirin,\xa0Fluarix,\xa0Flulaval,\xa0Afluria\xa0(pdfs)
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• LAIV\xa0preparation\xa0(pdf)
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• Efficacy of flu vaccine 2012-13 (MMWR,\xa0virology blog)
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• Meta-analysis of\xa0flu vaccine efficacy\xa0(Lancet)
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• Two new flu vaccines\xa0FDA approved
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• Flublok
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• Flublok\xa0clinical trial
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• Pandemrix and narcolepsy (Yahoo,\xa0PLoS One,\xa0PLoS One)
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• CIDRAP\xa0analysis of flu vaccines
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• Letters read\xa0on TWiV 217
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\nWeekly Science Picks\n

Rich -\xa0Repoopulate\xa0(original article),\xa0Robogut\xa0(new clinical trial)
Alan -\xa0WTF, Evolution?
Dickson -\xa0The Beauty and Benefits of Science
Vincent\xa0-\xa0Supercomputing modeling of poliovirus

\nListener Pick of the Week\n

Bjorn, Marshall, Meaghan\xa0-\xa0Glass sculptures of Luke Jerram

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