TWiV 480: The PFU in your achoo
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Scott Hensley joins the TWiVites to review the current influenza season and presence of the virus in exhaled breath of symptomatic cases.
Hosts:\\xa0Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier,\\xa0Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
Guest: Scott Hensley
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Links for this episode
- Weekly influenza surveillance (CDC)
- Influenza vaccination status (CDC)
- H3N2 glycosylation site and eggs (PNAS)
- Influenza virus in exhaled breath (PNAS)
- Geometric Defects and Icosahedral Viruses\\xa0(Viruses)
- Image credit
- Letters read on TWiV 480
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Intro music is by\\xa0Ronald Jenkees.
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