This Week in Virology TWiV #40 - Tamiflu in the water
Jul 12, 2009
01:10:46
In episode 40 of "This Week in Virology", hosts Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, and Alan Dove consider Reston ebolavirus in swine, historical perspective of H1N1 influenza virus emergence and circulation, Tamiflu-resistant H1N1, Tamiflu in Japanese river waters, transmission of H1N1 virus in ferrets, and pneumonia and respiratory failure from H1N1 in Mexico.
Links for this episode- Reston ebolavirus in Philippine swine
- Historical perspective on H1N1 virus
- Salk's 1947 article on flu vaccine failure
- Persistent legacy of 1918 H1N1 virus
- Tamiflu resistant H1N1 virus (AP article)
- Tamiflu in Japanese river waters
- H1N1 infection of ferrets (article one and two)
- Pneumonia and respiratory failure from S-OIV in Mexico
- DNA-based equine WNV vaccine (thanks Peter!)
- Fundamentals of Molecular Virology by Nicholas Acheson
Alan Coming to Life by Christiane Nusslein-VolhardDick Monsters Inside Me from Discovery ChannelVincent Microbeworld