TWiV 217: I just flu in and my arms are shot

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Dickson Despommier Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Dickson review influenza vaccines. Links for this episode:  FDA licensed flu vaccines Seasonal influenza vaccine distributed How flu vaccine strains are selected (one, two) WHO report on flu vaccine strain selection (pdf) Derek Smith on antigenic mapping Salk's 1945 influenza vaccine TIV preparation: Fluzone, Agriflu, Fluvirin, Fluarix, Flulaval, Afluria (pdfs) LAIV preparation (pdf) Efficacy of flu vaccine 2012-13 (MMWR, virology blog) Meta-analysis of flu vaccine efficacy (Lancet) Two new flu vaccines FDA approved Flublok Flublok clinical trial Pandemrix and narcolepsy (Yahoo, PLoS One, PLoS One) CIDRAP analysis of flu vaccines Letters read on TWiV 217 Weekly Science Picks Rich - Repoopulate (original article), Robogut (new clinical trial)Alan - WTF, Evolution?Dickson - The Beauty and Benefits of ScienceVincent - Supercomputing modeling of poliovirus Listener Pick of the Week Bjorn, Marshall, Meaghan - Glass sculptures of Luke Jerram Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected]