TWiP 76: Herpesvirus worms its way out
This Week in Parasitism · Vincent Racaniello
September 2, 20141h 24m
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Show Notes
Vincent and Dickson discuss how infection of mice with helminths induces cytokines that reactivate a latent gamma-herpesvirus.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Links for this episode:- Helminths reactivate herpesvirus (Science)
- How helminths go viral (Science)
- Herpesvirus latency protects from bacterial infection (Nature)
- Image credit
- Letters read on TWiP 76
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