170: Rats, lice, and nanoparticles

The TWiM team reveals that spread of plague was likely by human ectoparasites, not rats, and deconstruct a durable, broadly protective protein nanoparticle influenza virus vaccine.

Hosts: 

Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson and Elio Schaechter.

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Links for this episode

• Ectoparasites and plague (PNAS)

• SIR model for spread of disease (MAA)

• Protein nanoparticle flu vaccines (Nat Commun)

• Food washing (USDA)

• Image credit

• Letters read on TWiM 170

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