TWiV 1259: Capricious flu and a tickborne clue

TWiV reviews experiments to understand infection, pathogenesis,
and transmission of avian H5N1 influenza virus in goats, and
identification of a cellular receptor for tick-borne encephalitis
virus.


Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Brianne
Barker


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Links for this episode

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Public trust in science (Nature)

Culling of H5N1 ostriches in Canada (Science)

H5N1 in goats (Cell Rep)

Receptor for tick-borne encephalitis virus (Nature)

Letters read on TWiV 1259

Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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