TWiV 473: Assessing a risk and infecting you twice

The Fellowship of the Virus discuss enhancement of dengue disease in humans: the contribution of antibody concentration and increased binding to Fc receptors.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

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• ASV 2018: asv.org, asv2018.umd.edu
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• NEIDL is approved
• NIH lifts GOF moratorium (Science)
• Blackburn steps down as head of Salk Institute (SD Union Trib)
• ADE of dengue disease in humans (Science)
• Commentary on ADE of dengue disease (Science)
• ADE of dengue disease and antibody binding to Fc (Science)
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