Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit
Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Rich consider the end of the influenza H1N1 pandemic, dengue in Florida, vaccinia virus infection in Brazilian monkeys, and viruses in the faecal microbiota.
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Links for this episode:
- WHO declares end of influenza H1N1 pandemic
- CDC’s FluView
- WHO global monitoring of influenza
- Locally acquired dengue in Key West, Florida (MMWR)
- CDC page on dengue
- Vaccinia virus infection in monkeys of the Brazilian Amazon
- Dam site where animals were collected for vaccinia study (Google maps)
- Rich’s article: Whence feral vaccinia?
- Viruses in the faecal microbiota of monozygotic twins and their Mothers (Nature)
- New Yorker article The Treatment (thanks, Jim!)
- Letters read on TWiV 95
Weekly Science Picks
Alan – Families Fighting Flu
Rich – Food, Inc.
Dickson – Fuel
Vincent – MIT Open Courseware
Michael – Waiting for Superman and Can Science Feed the World? (Nature)
Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv.
The Fuel movie website is actually functional. The link was provided at the bottom of the Wikipedia page: http://thefuelfilm.com/
Great episode. I really liked Alan’s link. The feature where you can see Flu trends across the globe is much easier to work with and interpret than the WHO site.
I’m sorry to say I have yet to buy any TWiV merchandise. However, I am the proud owner of a new BioCrowd travel mug. Who knows, maybe I’ll also buy a TWiV Sigg water bottle.
Thanks for another great TWIV. I have to agree that Alan’s pick is good and its nice that there are organizations working on vaccine. Also I really enjoyed the H1N1 follow up I have seen far to little of this in the “media”
Keep up the great work.
~Ben