TWiV 852: Tree man syndrome

A TWiV threesome explains the observation that humans with inherited T cell CD28 deficiency are susceptible to severe warts driven by human papilloma virus infection, but are otherwise healthy.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker

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Links for this episode

• Vaccine Town Hall (ASV)
• Travel Award Applications (ASV)
• CD28 deficiency and severe warts (Cell)
• Vincent interviews Harald zur Hausen (virology blog)
• Letters read on TWiV 853
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]