TWiV discusses the rising autism rate among children, RFK Jr.’s claim that autism ‘destroys lives’, receptor binding specificity of a bovine H5N1 influenza virus, and improved dengue subunit vaccine modified to form E protein dimers.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker

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Rising autism rate among children (MMWR)
RFK Jr. claims autism ‘destroys lives‘ (NY Times)
Receptor binding specificity of bovine H5N1 virus (Nature)
Bovine H5N1 binds poorly to human receptors (Nature)
AJ Eisfeld et al reply (Nature)
Mootant influenza H5N1 virus (TWiV 1131)
Improved dengue 2 subunit vaccine (J Virol)
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Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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