TWiV 480: The PFU in your achoo

Scott Hensley joins the TWiVites to review the current influenza season and presence of the virus in exhaled breath of symptomatic cases.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

Guest: Scott Hensley

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Links for this episode

• Weekly influenza surveillance (CDC)
• Influenza vaccination status (CDC)
• H3N2 glycosylation site and eggs (PNAS)
• Influenza virus in exhaled breath (PNAS)
• Geometric Defects and Icosahedral Viruses (Viruses)
• Image credit
• Letters read on TWiV 480

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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