This Week in Virology #59: Dog bites virus

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Gustavo Palacios, and Mady Hornig

A TWiV panel of five considers the finding of Streptococcus pneumoniae in fatal H1N1 cases in Argentina, hysteria in the Ukraine over pandemic influenza, and human vaccinia infection after contact with a raccoon rabies vaccine bait.

Download TWiV #59 (58 MB .mp3, 80 minutes)

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Links for this episode:

• Argentine flu death mystery


• H1N1 influenza outbreak in Ukraine (article one and two, and WHO statement)


• Human vaccinia infection after contact with rabies vaccine bait


• Agrippal S1 inactivated H1N1 vaccine (pdf - thanks Ariel and Ayelet)


• Nick's letter on are viruses and life


• Take the poll: are viruses alive?

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