TWiV #43 - Virus classification
Vincent and Dick explain virus classification, and revisit the 1976 swine flu immunization campaign and Guillain-Barr\xe9 syndrome.
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- International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) \n
- CBS 60 Minutes on 1976 swine flu vaccine (thanks Gus and Swiss compass!) \n
- Vaccines and\xa0Guillain-Barr\xe9 \n
- NINDS Guillain-Barr\xe9\xa0Information \n
- Reflections on the 1976 swine flu vaccination program \n
- Swine influenza\xa0outbreak at Fort Dix, 1976 \n
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