TWiV 1259: Capricious flu and a tickborne clue

TWiV reviews experiments to understand infection, pathogenesis, and transmission of avian H5N1 influenza virus in goats, and identification of a cellular receptor for tick-borne encephalitis virus.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Brianne Barker

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Links for this episode

• Support science education at MicrobeTV
• Public trust in science (Nature)
• Culling of H5N1 ostriches in Canada (Science)
• H5N1 in goats (Cell Rep)
• Receptor for tick-borne encephalitis virus (Nature)
• Letters read on TWiV 1259
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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