Animation of influenza virus replication
I found the following animation on YouTube depicting replication of an H1N1 influenza virus. It’s entitled “Antigenic shift – the spread of a new, mutated virus”. It is visually appealing…
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TWiV Special: Dr. Peter Palese
On a special episode of the podcast “This Week in Virology”, Vincent speaks with Dr. Peter Palese, noted influenza expert, about the origin and pandemic potential of the new H1N1…
The quasispecies concept
…probably different from that consensus. This means that sequences of the new influenza H1N1 viruses on NCBI or GISAID sequences represent a consensus, and do not represent the population that…
Viral quasispecies and bottlenecks
…during the emergence of the new influenza H1N1 virus that is currently circulating globally. Imagine that the upper left diagram represents the sequences of one viral RNA segment of an…
Assembly of influenza virus
Our discussion of influenza virus replication has so far brought us to the stage of viral RNA synthesis. Last time we discussed the formation of viral RNAs, an event which…
TWiV 33: Live in Philly
…blood pressure caused by cytomegalovirus infection, restriction of influenza replication at low temperature by the avian viral glycoproteins, first isolation of West Nile virus in Pennsylvania, and current status of…