On episode #81 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent and Rich answer listener questions on viruses and gluten allergy, RNA silencing, influenza virus, herpes simplex virus, HIV/AIDS, chronic fatigue syndrome, manicure salons, and the koala tea of Marseilles.

Host links Vincent Racaniello and Rich Condit

Links for this episode: * Virus infections and gluten intolerance on TWiS (thanks Jesper!) * Viral small RNAs in PLoS Pathogens (thanks Jason!) * Canadian Summit Awards (thanks Jim!) * Experimenting with phage at home (thanks Richard!) * CRISPR discovered by a dairy company (thanks Joel!) * Expedition to New Guinea to sample bird viruses - movie and blog entry (thanks Henrik!) * Preventing herpes with arginine and lysine - pdf (thanks Anthony!) * Chronic fatigue donors face rejection (thanks James!) * The Koala tea of Marseilles is not strained (thanks Stephen!) * The other Larson virus cartoon (jpg) * Letters read on TWiV 81

Weekly science picks: Rich Google Chrome browser 'speed test' (and how it was made)
Vincent Inside the Outbreaks by Mark Pendergrast