The TWiPniks docs solve the case of the Female from Peru with Epistaxis, and discuss the effect of community deworming on immunosuppression.
TWiP 76: Herpesvirus worms its way out
- September 2, 2014
- Tagged as: cytokine, gamma herpesvirus, gamma interferon, H. polygyrus, helminth, IL4, latency, parasite, parasitism, S. mansoni, TH2 response
Vincent and Dickson discuss how infection of mice with helminths induces cytokines that reactivate a latent gamma-herpesvirus.