TWiV 345: How a vaccine got the nod
This Week in Virology12 Heinä 2015

TWiV 345: How a vaccine got the nod


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

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.

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