This Week in Virology (TWiV) #156: Armed and targeted killer meta-analysis

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Dickson Despommier

Vincent, Rich, and Dickson review a meta-analysis on influenza vaccine, a killer virus in fungi that selects against RNAi, and the use of armed and targeted poxviruses for oncolytic virotherapy.

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Links for this episode:

• Efficacy and effectiveness of influenza vaccine (Lancet)
• Flu vaccine not as effective as thought (MPRNews)
• Blog posts on flu vaccine meta-analysis (virology blog, alandove, viva)
• Killer virus explains RNAi deficient fungi (Science)
• Poxvirus-based oncotherapy (Nature)
• Jennerex
• TWiV on Facebook
• Letters read on TWiV 156

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