Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Alan Dove

Vincent and Alan discuss cap-snatching by the hantavirus N protein and the influenza virus endonuclease, HIV-1 and Ebola virus antagonism of tetherin, and influenza pneumonia.

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Links for this episode:

• WHO confirmed cases of H5N1 influenza
• Hantavirus N protein replaces eIF4F and sequesters capped primers in P bodies
• Ebola virus G protein antagonizes tetherin
• 1918 influenza and pneumococcal pneumonia
• Rabies survivor: Articles from CDC and New England Journal of Medicine
• ProMedMail report on Fatal rabies case in the UK
• Documentary film, “Naturally Obsessed: The Making of a Scientist”

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