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TWiV 1373: Challenging Dengue and RIGging Flu

TWiV 1373: Challenging Dengue and RIGging Flu

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Summary

TWiV explains results of a dengue virus human challenge which reveals that preexisting immunity shapes viral replication and broadly protective responses, and how influenza virus antagonizes self-sensing by RIG-I to enhance viral replication.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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  • Support science education at MicrobeTV
  • Democratic doctors win big in 2026 midterm elections (CIDRAP)
  • Florida's dengue total jumps to 485 (CIDRAP)
  • Dengue virus human challenge study (Sci Transl Med)
  • Influenza virus and self sensing of host by RIG-I (Cell Rep)
  • Letters read on TWiV 1373
  • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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