This Week in Virology #77: Non-nuclear proliferation

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

Vincent, Alan, and Rich revisit circovirus contamination of Rotarix, then discuss poxvirus-like replication of mimivirus in the cell cytoplasm, and whether seasonal influenza immunization increases the risk of infection with the 2009 H1N1 pandemic virus.

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Links for this episode:

• Contamination of Rotarix vaccine with porcine circovirus 1 DNA


• Do you want to know what is in your vaccines? Take the poll


• Mimivirus replicates in the cell cytoplasm like poxviruses


• mRNA capping and virus evolution


• Association between the 2008-09 seasonal influenza vaccine and pandemic H1N1 illness (commentary)


• Doane paper goes viral


• Energetics of genome ejection from bacteriophage (thanks Gary!)


• Five strategies for behavioral adaptation to pathogens and parasites (excerpt; thanks Wladimir)


• Letters read on TWiV 77

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