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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, and Cliff Mintz

On episode #56 of the podcast ‘This Week in Virology”, Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Cliff answer questions from listeners on swine influenza origins, transmission, virulence, and vaccines, HIV and AIDS, and more.

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Links for this episode:

• Physicists propose ‘Schrödinger’s Virus‘ experiment (thanks Duncan)
• Nanoparticle adjuvant (ScienceDaily and Journal of Controlled Release – thanks Jim)
• Hand washing won’t stop H1N1 at Newsweek (thanks Jim)
• Newsweek’s virus quiz
• TWiV timeline (download .m4v file – thanks Ricardo)
• Sanjay Gupta’s H1N1 experience (thanks Lenn)
• Swine flu vaccine fear mongering at eSkeptic (thanks Jesper)
• Flu transmission and humidity (letter from Joe)

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