TWiV #85 - Hepatitis C virus with Professor Michael Gale

On episode #85 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent and Michael Gale discuss the origin, pathogenesis, prevention, of hepatitis C virus, and how it evades innate immune responses.

Host links Vincent Racaniello and Michael Gale

Links for this episode:

• The Gale Laboratory at the University of Washington
• Incredible view from the Gale laboratory (jpg)
• Evasion and disruption of innate immune signalling by hepatitis C and West Nile viruses (review)
• New potent HCV inhibitor
• HCV virion and genome structures at ViralZone