TWiV 270: Homeland virology

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Rich Condit

Guests: Dennis Hruby and Yoshihiro Kawaoka

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.

Links for this episode

• ASM Biodefense Meeting
• Influenza H5N1 transmission (Virus Res)
• Aerosol transmission of H5N1 virus in ferrets (Nature)
• Characterization of H7N9 virus from humans (Nature)
• ST-246 efficacy in primates (AAC)
• Antiviral options for biodefense (Curr Op Virol)
• ST-246 safety in humans (Antimicrob Agents Chemother)
• Gain-of-function experiments (Science)
• Letters read on TWiV 270
• Video of this episode - view at Vimeo

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