Vincent visits with members of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Northwestern University School of Medicine to discuss their work on herpesviruses and parainfluenzaviruses.

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Longnecker laboratory
Herpesvirus deubiquitinase is neuroinvasive determinant (PLoS Path)
Paramyxovirus HN structure (PNAS)
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