Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Dick Despommier, and Hamish Young
Vincent, Alan, Dick, and Hamish Young discuss the 2009 influenza pandemic, first 2009 H1N1 vaccine, hunting mosquitoes with midges, vaccine-associated polio in India, and adenoviruses.
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Links for this episode:
- WHO calls it a pandemic
- Novartis produces test run of H1N1 vaccine
- Midge keeps invasive mosquito in check
- Two cases of vaccine-associated polio in India
- BBC interactive map of influenza cases
- Outbreak of adenovirus type 14
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