When macrophages go to alimentary school

TWiV reviews measles outbreaks in England and Europe, 2 fatal Nipah virus cases in Bangladesh, yellow fever outbreak in Sudan, and discuss how the type of immunodeficiency influences the outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infection, and programming of alveolar macrophages by intestinal bacteria that influences severity of respiratory viral infection.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Rich Condit

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• Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf)
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• Pig virus imperils food security in Borneo (Science)
• Measles outbreaks in UK and Europe (Nature)
• Fatal Nipah virus infections in Bangladesh (CIDRAP)
• Yellow fever outbreak in Sudan (Crisis24)
• COVID-19 influenced by type of immunodeficiency (Sci Transl Med)
• Intestinal microbiota programming of alveolar macrophages (Cell Host Microbe)
• Letters read on TWiV 1085
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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