Jul 19 2009 73 mins 51
In episode 41 of "This Week in Virology", Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove and Rich Condit chat about infectious salmon anemia virus, virus-resistant grapevines, virulence of pandemic H1N1 influenza virus, origin of 1918 influenza virus, holy water ban to halt influenza, frequency of human WU and KI polyomavirus infection, rabies in China, and host species of sin nombre virus. Links for this episode Wal-Mart stops buying Chile salmon on virus outbreakVirus-resistant grapevinesVirulence of H1N1 pandemic influenza virus in animal modelsDid 1918 influenza virus originate in birds or not?Holy water ban to halt swine fluFrequent Human Infection with WU and KI PolyomavirusesRabies in ChinaIncreased Host Species Diversity and Decreased Prevalence of Sin Nombre VirusFast, cheap PCR for crime scenes (thanks Jim!) Weekly Science Picks Alan For Love of Insects by Thomas Eisner Rich Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes Dick Origin of Species by Charles Darwin Vincent Gallileoscope (thanks Zach!)
