TWiV 17: Seminal discoveries in virology

Vincent, Dick, and Saul talk about discoveries in virology that have had a major impact on the field.

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• Sem•i•nal (adjective): strongly influencing later developments.
• Note: There are two HPV vaccines on the market: Gardasil (quadrivalent, types 6, 11, 16, 18) and Cervarix (bivalent, types 16 and 18).Gates Foundation donates to polio eradication effort.
• Testing a bivalent oral poliovirus vaccine in India.
• We played a clip from net@night episode 83.
• I wrote about Jonathan Swift’s ‘Animalcules’ on virology blog.

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