TWiM discusses antigenic variation within dengue virus serotypes, and an mRNA vaccine that induces antibodies against tick proteins and prevents transmission of the Lyme disease agent.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michele Swanson, and Michael Schmidt
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Links for this episode:
- Dengue virus antigenic variation (eLife)
- mRNA vaccine induces tick resistance (Sci Transl Med)
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It sounds like there is a missing chunk of audio at about 18:48 so the intro to your second paper is missing. Otherwise this was a very interesting and enjoyable episode. Thanks!
Vincent,
19° C and clear sky in Zürich.
A few years ago I went for work with a few colleagues to a small city near Washington DC.. We didn’t hike or do anything similar. One of my coworkers , in his mid 30s at the time, was bitten by a tick. He spent a month in the hospital and nearly died. I recently moved to a small town closer to nature and am considering the tick vaccine available in pharmacies here.