This Week in Virology #31: Fever plus cough or sore throat

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, and Marc Pelletier

Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Marc Pelletier summarize the past week's influenza H1N1 activity, and discuss parvovirus infection of dogs and humans.

Links for this episode:
CDC and WHO web pages on the new influenza strain
MMWR update on influenza
Excellent influenza vaccine timeline at USA Today
Sequences of influenza isolates are at NCBI and GISAID (registration required)
Euthanizing dogs due to canine parvovirus
Novel bocavirus associated with acute gastroenteritis in Australian children
Viral genes that confer transmission of avian influenza virus through the air - PNAS


Weekly Science Picks
Marc Celestia, an application
Dick US Geological Survey website
Alan Society for Amateur Scientists website
Vincent Sneeze, an online game

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