The TWiVonauts review how the weather affects West Nile virus disease in the US, benefit of B cell depletion for ME/CFS patients, and an autoimmune reaction induced by influenza virus vaccine that leads to narcolepsy.
TWiV 322: Postcards from the edge of the membrane
- February 1, 2015
- Tagged as: antiviral, Bourbon virus, careers in virology, crispr, dengue, H1N1, hantavirus, hepatitis C virus, herpes simplex virus, influenza vaccine, influenza virus, measles, mumps, narcolepsy, NHL, opossum, patent, peer review, serotype, sexual transmission, Smallpox, viral, virology, virus
The TWiVodes answer listener email about hantaviruses, antivirals, H1N1 vaccine and narcolepsy, credibility of peer review, Bourbon virus, influenza vaccine, careers in virology, and much more.
Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Dickson review influenza vaccines.
TWiV 150: Contaminated
- September 25, 2011
- Tagged as: baculovirus, CFS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, hcv, hiv, hpv, influenza, narcolepsy, pml, retraction, t cells, Vaccine, viral, virology, virus, XMRV
Vincent, Dickson, and Rich meant to do an all-email episode, but first they review results of the Blood XMRV Scientific Research Working Group, and partial retraction of the paper associating XMRV with chronic fatigue syndrome.