This Week in Virology #46: Virus entry into cells

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dick Despommier

In episode #46 of the podcast "This Week in Virology", Vincent and Dick continue virology 101 with a discussion of virus entry into cells, then answer reader email on colony collapse disorder and viruses that confer a benefit to their host.

Download TWiV #46 (35 MB .mp3, 50 minutes)

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Links for this episode:
Illustrations of virus entry into cells
Nice reference for biological items (thanks Jim!)
Colony collapse disorder: PBS program,  descriptive study, metagenomic study, genetic analysis (thanks Swiss compass!)
Potato virus Y and Alzheimer's disease (thanks Jennifer!)
A virus in a fungus in a plant (thanks Jennifer!)

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Vincent PLoS Pearls
Dick West Nile virus website at CDC

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