In episode 40 of "This Week in Virology", hosts Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, and Alan Dove consider Reston ebolavirus in swine, historical perspective of H1N1 influenza virus emergence and circulation, Tamiflu-resistant H1N1, Tamiflu in Japanese river waters, transmission of H1N1 virus in ferrets, and pneumonia and respiratory failure from H1N1 in Mexico.

Links for this episode

• Reston ebolavirus in Philippine swine
• Historical perspective on H1N1 virus
• Salk's 1947 article on flu vaccine failure
• Persistent legacy of 1918 H1N1 virus
• Tamiflu resistant H1N1 virus (AP article)
• Tamiflu in Japanese river waters
• H1N1 infection of ferrets (article one and two)
• Pneumonia and respiratory failure from S-OIV in Mexico
• DNA-based equine WNV vaccine (thanks Peter!)
• Fundamentals of Molecular Virology by Nicholas Acheson

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