Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dick Despommier

Vincent and Dick continue virology 101 with a discussion of virus entry into cells, then answer reader email on colony collapse disorder and viruses that confer a benefit to their host.

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Links for this episode:

• Illustrations of virus entry into cells
• Nice reference for biological items (thanks Jim!)
• Colony collapse disorder: PBS program,  descriptive study, metagenomic study, genetic analysis (thanks Swiss compass!)
• Potato virus Y and Alzheimer’s disease (thanks Jennifer!)
• A virus in a fungus in a plant (thanks Jennifer!)

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