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.

Links for this episode

• Virology faculty position, University of Toledo
• Weather and West Nile virus disease (AJTMH)
• B cell depletion benefits ME/CFS patients (PLoS One)
• Antibodies to influenza nucleoprotein cause narcolepsy (Science Transl Med)
• Letters read on TWiV 345

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