On episode #89 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent and Alan review recent findings on the association of the retrovirus XMRV with ME/CFS, reassortment of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in swine, and where influenza viruses travel in the off-season.

Host links Vincent Racaniello and Alan Dove

Links for this episode:

Conflicting XMRV papers on hold
Leak of PNAS paper
CDC study on XMRV in CFS patients (Retrovirology) and Science update
Where influenza viruses travel in the off season (EurekaAlert! and PLoS Pathogens)
NPR article on Ebola siRNA treatment (thanks, Andreas!)
Priming mechanism for reovirus entry (thanks, Agyeman-Badu!)
Wired article on science PR (thanks, Dan!)
Letters read on TWiV 89

Weekly science picks:

Alan - Tree of Life graphic Vincent - TEDx Oil Spill

TWiV #89 - Where do viruses vacation?