In episode 37 of This Week in Virology, hosts Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove and guest Eric Freed talk about vesivirus contamination of bioreactors, pandemic influenza, maximizing the effect of vaccination by targeting children, chikungunya virus, and open access scientific journals.

Links for this episode:

• Genzyme shuts down manufacturing of two enzyme drugs because of vesivirus contamination
• Brazilian H1N1 isolate is not novel
• WHO interactive H1N1 map
• Targeting children maximizes the effect of vaccination
• Chikungunya virus and Aedes mosquitoes
• Viruses, an open-access virology journal
• iBioSeminars
• A field study of virus removal in septic tank drainfields

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