The TWiVerati discuss the FDA Advisory Committee deliberation on the anti-poxvirus drug tecovirimat, and immune cells in gut-associated lymphoid tissue as the major target during acute murine norovirus infection.

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

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Links for this episode

ASM Microbe 2018
Support Viruses & Cells Gordon Conference
Faculty positions at Icahn School of Medicine
FDA meeting materials for tecovirimat(FDA)
SIGA Briefing Information (pdf)
Errata to the SIGA Briefing Information (pdf)
Gut immune cells major targets of norovirus infection(Nat Micro)
RNAscope(J Mol Diag)
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Letters readon TWiV 493

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TWiV 493: Condit is on drugs and norovirus is lit