From the Vector-Borne Viruses Symposium in Hamilton, Montana, Dickson and Vincent speak with Diane Griffin about her career and her work on understanding viral infections of the central nervous system.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Guest: Diane Griffin
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- Vector-Borne Viruses Symposium
- Diane Griffin
- Adoptive immunization of immunosuppressed mice infected with Sindbis virus
- Role of the immune response in age-dependent resistance of mice to encephalitis due to Sindbis virus
- Antibody-mediated clearance of alphavirus infection from neurons
- Persistence of viral RNA in mouse brains after recovery from acute alphavirus encephalitis
- Conversion of lytic to persistent alphavirus infection by the bcl-2 cellular oncogene
- Bc1-2 protects mice against fatal alphavirus encephalitis
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