Angela Mingarelli joins TWiV to discuss whether the gut microbiota of bats confers tolerance to influenza virus infection in mice, and primate hemorrhagic fever-causing arteriviruses that can reproduce in human cells and might be capable of infecting humans.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker

Guest: Angela Mingarelli

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• Research assistant position at FDA (pdf)
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• Bat gut microbiota and flu infection in mice (Transbound Emerg Dis)
• Primate hemorrhagic fever-causing arteriviruses (Cell)
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