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Published: June 9, 2013, 1:28 p.m.

Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello,\xa0Alan Dove, and\xa0Kathy Spindler

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Vincent, Alan and Kathy review novel approaches to preventing influenza virus infection.

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• Ultraprotective\xa0influenza vaccine in mice (PNAS)
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• Vectored immunoprophylaxis\xa0of influenza in mice (Nat Biotech)
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• Intranasal antibody gene transfer\xa0protects agains influenza (Sci Transl Med)
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• Estimating\xa0influenza associated deaths\xa0(CDC)
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• Multistate\xa0HAV outbreak\xa0(CDC)
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• Subscribe to\xa0Microbeworld video\xa0(YouTube)
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• Save podcasting\xa0(EFF)
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• Letters read\xa0on TWiV 236
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