Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Vincent and Dickson discuss how infection of mice with helminths induces cytokines that reactivate a latent gamma-herpesvirus.
Download TWiP #76 (61 MB .mp3, 104 minutes).
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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