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On episode #345 of the science show This Week in Virology, the TWiVonauts review how the weather affects West Nile virus disease in the US, benefit of B cell depletion for ME/CFS patients, and an autoimmune reaction induced by influenza virus vaccine that leads to narcolepsy.
You can find TWiV #345 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.
On episode #322 of the science show This Week in Virology, the TWiVodes answer listener email about hantaviruses, antivirals, H1N1 vaccine and narcolepsy, credibility of peer review, Bourbon virus, influenza vaccine, careers in virology, and much more.
You can find TWiV #322 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.
On episode #217 of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Dickson review influenza vaccines.
You can find TWiV #217 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Dickson Despommier
Vincent, Dickson, and Rich meant to do an all-email episode, but first they review results of the Blood XMRV Scientific Research Working Group, and partial retraction of the paper associating XMRV with chronic fatigue syndrome.
With this episode TWiV is three years old.
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Dickson – The Tree of Life
Vincent – When do you fact-check article content with sources? (take as directed)
Rich – io9
Listener Pick of the Week
Luis – NIH videocasting and podcasting
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