TWiV 946: Poo versus flu

Angela Mingarelli joins TWiV to discuss whether the gut microbiota of bats confers tolerance to influenza virus infection in mice, and primate hemorrhagic fever-causing arteriviruses that can reproduce in human cells and might be capable of infecting humans.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit,  and Brianne Barker

Guest: Angela Mingarelli

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Links for this episode

• Research assistant position at FDA (pdf)
• Support MicrobeTV with a Spike t-shirt (Vaccinated.us)
• Bat gut microbiota and flu infection in mice (Transbound Emerg Dis)
• Primate hemorrhagic fever-causing arteriviruses (Cell)
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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