TWiV 173: Going to bat for flu research
Mar 04, 2012•1 hr 57 min
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Episode description
The TWiVites discuss seroevidence for human infection with avian influenza H5N1, and the discovery of a new influenza virus in Guatemalan bats.
Links for this episode:
- Seroevidence for human H5N1 infection (Science)
- Mammalian-transmissible H5N1 (mBio)
- New information about ferret-adapted H5N1 (NY Times, virology blog)
- New influenza virus from fruit bats (PNAS)
- Elsevier abandons open access assault (The Scientist)
- Le virus le plus dangereux?
- TWiV on Facebook
- Letters read on TWiV 173
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