This Week in Microbiology
170: Rats, lice, and nanoparticles
Feb 8, 2018 · 55 min · Episode 170 · 26.9 MB
0:00-55:54
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The TWiM team reveals that spread of plague was likely by human ectoparasites, not rats, and deconstruct a durable, broadly protective protein nanoparticle influenza virus vaccine.
Hosts:
Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson and Elio Schaechter.
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Links for this episode
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Ectoparasites and plague (PNAS)
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SIR model for spread of disease (MAA)
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Protein nanoparticle flu vaccines (Nat Commun)
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Food washing (USDA)
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Vincent Racaniello
virology.wsMichael Schmidt
academicdepartments.musc.eduMichele Swanson
med.umich.eduElio Schaechter.
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microbe.tvEctoparasites and plague
pnas.orgSIR model
maa.orgProtein nanoparticle
ncbi.nlm.nih.govFood washing
fsis.usda.govLetters read on TWiM 170
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