The barriers faced by flu virus (Series 1 - Episode 3) - a podcast by MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research

This week Jack, Connor and Andrew are joined by Dr Gulsah Gabriel to hear about the barriers influenza virus must overcome to breakinto a cell. These barriers are important for dictating which hosts can be infected by different types of influenza virus. If a strain of virus can overcome barriers in a new host, it can rapidly spread through a population that isn't prepared for it.

If you like this podcast check out some of our previous content about flu over at cvrblogs.myportfolio.com.

Music: The Zeppelin by Blue Dot Sessions (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Aeronaut/The_Zeppelin_1908)

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