TWiV 345: How a vaccine got the nod

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.
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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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Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - July 12, 2015 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts