TWiV 336: Brought to you by the letters H, N, P, and Eye
This Week in Virology · Vincent Racaniello
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Show Notes
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
The TWiVsters explore mutations in the interferon pathway associated with severe influenza in a child, outbreaks of avian influenza in North American poultry farms, Ebolavirus infection of the eye weeks after recovery, and Ebolavirus stability on surfaces and fluids.
This episode is sponsored by @ASM Conferences and ASM Microbe
Links for this episode- Life threatening influenza and IRF7 deficiency (Science)
- Whole exome sequencing (Wikipedia)
- Herpes encephalitis in children with Trif deficiency (TWiV 175)
- Avian influenza in the US (USDA, ProMedMail, CDC)
- Ebola eye (NEJM, NYTimes)
- Viral persistence (Virology lectures, pdf)
- Uveitis (National Eye Institute)
- Image credit
- Stability of Ebolavirus on surfaces (EID)
- Ignorance with Stuart Firestein (TWiV Special)
- Letters read on TWiV
Timestamps by Jennifer. Thank you!
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