TWiV 336: Brought to you by the letters H, N, P, and Eye

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

The TWiVsters explore mutations in the interferon pathway associated with severe influenza in a child, outbreaks of avian influenza in North American poultry farms, Ebolavirus infection of the eye weeks after recovery, and Ebolavirus stability on surfaces and fluids.

This episode is sponsored by @ASM Conferences and ASM Microbe

Links for this episode

• Life threatening influenza and IRF7 deficiency (Science)
• Whole exome sequencing (Wikipedia)
• Herpes encephalitis in children with Trif deficiency (TWiV 175)
• Avian influenza in the US (USDA, ProMedMail, CDC)
• Ebola eye (NEJM, NYTimes)
• Viral persistence (Virology lectures, pdf)
• Uveitis (National Eye Institute)
• Image credit
• Stability of Ebolavirus on surfaces (EID)
• Ignorance with Stuart Firestein (TWiV Special)
• Letters read on TWiV

Timestamps by Jennifer. Thank you!

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