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Published: Feb. 2, 2014, 2 p.m.

Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello\xa0and\xa0Rich Condit

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Guests:\xa0Dennis Hruby\xa0and\xa0Yoshihiro Kawaoka

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Vincent and Rich discuss avian influenza virus and an antiviral drug against smallpox with Dennis and Yoshi at the ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting in Washington, DC.

\nLinks for this episode\n

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• ASM Biodefense Meeting
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• Influenza H5N1\xa0transmission\xa0(Virus Res)
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• Aerosol transmission\xa0of H5N1 virus in ferrets (Nature)
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• Characterization of\xa0H7N9 virus\xa0from humans (Nature)
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• ST-246 efficacy\xa0in primates (AAC)
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• Antiviral options\xa0for biodefense (Curr Op Virol)
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• ST-246 safety\xa0in humans (Antimicrob Agents Chemother)
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• Gain-of-function\xa0experiments (Science)
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• Letters read\xa0on TWiV 270
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• Video of this episode - view at Vimeo
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\nListener Pick of the Week\n

Kehau\xa0-\xa0Beautiful but deadly viruses

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