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TWiV 559: Nectin connection what’s your infection?

  • August 4, 2019
  • Tagged as: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ebolavirus outbreak, measles virus, nect, nectin, nectin-elicited cytoplasmic transfer, SSPE, transcytosis, Vaccine, viral, virology, virus, viruses

The complete TWiV team give a report on the Ebola virus outbreak in DRC, and reveal that cell surface nectin proteins cause the transfer of cytoplasmic cargo, including measles virus, between cells.

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TWiV 494: Ebola Makona is the opposite of hakuna matata

  • May 20, 2018
  • Tagged as: Democratic Republic of the Congo, ebolavirus, Makona, Mayingo, pathogenesis, transmission, Vaccine, viral, virology Ebola virus, virulence, virus, viruses

Vincent, Kathy, and Alan review the ongoing outbreak of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the finding that mutations identified in the 2015 West African outbreak do not alter pathogenesis in animals.

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