From the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Vincent speaks with Niklas Björkström, Ali Mirazimi, and Matti Sällberg about their work on the impact of chronic hepatitis C virus infection on NK cells, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus vaccines, and immunotherapy to block entry of hepatitis B and D viruses.
Zika virus spreads in the USA, a Zika virus DNA vaccine goes into phase I trials, and how mosquito bites enhance virus replication and disease, from the friendly TWiFolk Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Kathy.
The latest Zika virus news from the ConTWiVstadors, including a case of female to male transmission, risk of infection at the 2016 summer Olympics, a DNA vaccine, antibody-dependent enhancement by dengue antibodies, and sites of replication in the placenta.
TWiV 356: Got viruses?
- September 27, 2015
- Tagged as: adjuvant, baculovirus, bracovirus, caterpillar, chemokine, Cortesia congregata, DNA, DNA vaccine, gut virome, horizontal gene transfer, IgA, in vivo electroporation, kwashiorkor, lepidoptera, Malawi, malnutrition, marasmus, mucosal immunity, nudivirus, parasitic wasp, ready to use therapeutic food, rutf, simian immunodeficiency virus, siv, viral, virology, virus
Stephanie joins the super professors to discuss the gut virome of children with serious malnutrition, caterpillar genes acquired from parasitic wasps, and the effect of adding chemokines to a simian immunodeficiency virus DNA vaccine.