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TWiV 1231: What is a virus?

This Week in Virology

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Pasteur and the Evolution of Vaccination

This chapter delves into the historical impact of Louis Pasteur's work on the rabies vaccine, linking it to earlier vaccination efforts by Edward Jenner. It also examines the complexities of virus evolution, including the trade-offs between mutations that enable viral escape and those that affect overall virus fitness.

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