TWiV 299: Rocky Mountain virology

Host: Vincent Racaniello

Guests: Marshall Bloom, Sonja Best, and Byron Caughey

Vincent visits the Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Montana and speaks with Marshall, Sonja, and Byron about their work on tick-born flaviviruses, innate immunity, and prion diseases.

• Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIH
• Flavivirus persistence (Path Dis)
• Flaviviruses antagonize IRF1 (J Imm)
• Prion test using nasal brushings (NEJM)
• Video of this episode - view at YouTube

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