TWiV 173: Going to bat for flu research

The TWiVites discuss seroevidence for human infection with avian influenza H5N1, and the discovery of a new influenza virus in Guatemalan bats.

Links for this episode:

• Seroevidence for human H5N1 infection (Science)


• Mammalian-transmissible H5N1 (mBio)


• New information about ferret-adapted H5N1 (NY Times, virology blog)


• New influenza virus from fruit bats (PNAS)


• Elsevier abandons open access assault (The Scientist)


• Le virus le plus dangereux?


• TWiV on Facebook


• Letters read on TWiV 173

Weekly Science Picks 

Ashlee – AskScience (Reddit)Michael - HealthMap (iPhone and Android app)Rich – H5N1 research discussion at ASMBiodefenseAlan – El Yunque National ForestVincent – The Journal of Global Health

Listener Pick of the Week

Judi – NSF visualization challenge

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