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TWiV 345: How a vaccine got the nod

Published 10 years, 7 months ago

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler

The TWiVonauts review how the weather affects West Nile virus disease in the US, benefit of B cell depletion for ME/CFS patients, and an autoimmune reaction induced by influenza virus vaccine that leads to narcolepsy.

Links for this episode

Virology faculty position, University of Toledo
Weather and West Nile virus disease (AJTMH)
B cell depletion benefits ME/CFS patients (PLoS One)
Antibodies to influenza nucleoprotein cause narcolepsy (Science Transl Med)
Letters read on TWiV 345

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