TWiV 1085: When macrophages go to alimentary school

TWiV reviews measles outbreaks in England and Europe, 2 fatal Nipah virus cases in Bangladesh, yellow fever outbreak in Sudan, and discuss how the type of immunodeficiency influences the outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infection, and programming of alveolar macrophages by intestinal bacteria that influences severity of respiratory viral infection. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Rich Condit Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server MicrobeTV store at Cafepress Become a member of ASV (asv.org) Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf) The New City by Dickson Despommier Viruses of Microbes 2024 Pig virus imperils food security in Borneo (Science) Measles outbreaks in UK and Europe (Nature) Fatal Nipah virus infections in Bangladesh (CIDRAP) Yellow fever outbreak in Sudan (Crisis24) COVID-19 influenced by type of immunodeficiency (Sci Transl Med) Intestinal microbiota programming of alveolar macrophages (Cell Host Microbe) Letters read on TWiV 1085 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Dickson – JWST details of 19 spiral galactic centers Rich – Great White Shark Attack And Breach Vincent – Black History Month and Lost Photographs of Black America Listener Picks Louise – The Mystery Of The Village That Beat The Black Death Pierre – Three things airlines don’t want you to know Brandon – Professor Dave explains Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]