TWiV #21 - Viruses of bacteria

22/02/2009 55 min
TWiV #21 - Viruses of bacteria

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Episode Synopsis

In episode 21 of This Week in Virology, hosts Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, and special guest Max Gottesman, discuss an unusual wasp-virus symbiosis, influenza transmission and absolute humidity, how mosquitoes survive Dengue virus infection, and viruses of bacteria.
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Unusual wasp-virus symbiosis
Absolute humidity modulates influenza virus transmission, survival, and seasonality
How mosquitoes survive Dengue virus infection
Little Lambda, Who Made Thee?
Structure of HK97 procapsid

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