Virology Lectures 2021 #17 - Persistent Infections

A persistent viral infection lasts for the lifetime of the host. In this lecture we discuss the mechanisms and consequences of viral persistence, illustrated with examples of measles virus, polyomaviruses, hepatitis B and C viruses, and herpesviruses. Is long COVID a persistent infection? Watch this video to find out. Access lecture slides and readings at https://virology.ws/course Become a patron of MicrobeTV at microbe.tv/contribute ——————————— CONNECT ——————————— 🎯 Subscribe to this channel! https://bit.ly/2HOYdNP Instagram: @profvrr and @microbe.tv Twitter: @profvrr Facebook:   / thisweekinvirology   Our Podcasts: https://microbe.tv Contribute: https://www.microbe.tv/contribute/ ——————————— MORE VIROLOGY ——————————— •My Virology Course https://virology.ws/course •Virology Blog: https://www.virology.ws •This Week in Virology https://bit.ly/30uUhrX •Virus Watch https://bit.ly/3ngvQIM •Principles of Virology textbook https://amzn.to/34onDtg ——————————— OUR OTHER PODCASTS ——————————— •This Week in Parasitism https://bit.ly/3ndUNUZ •This Week in Microbiology https://bit.ly/33tOUeO •Urban Agriculture http://microbe.tv/urbanag •This Week in Evolution https://bit.ly/3ne1bf5 •Immune https://bit.ly/2HOyCVb •This Week in Neuroscience https://bit.ly/2So12Yd – Who Am I? – I’m Vincent Racaniello, Earth’s Virology Professor. I’m also a professor of virology at Columbia University in New York. I’ve been doing research on viruses since 1976, and teaching virology in classrooms and online since 1999. On this YouTube channel I share videos of my lectures, podcasts, and more. New videos are uploaded multiple days a week. I don’t monetize my videos because it’s disruptive to learning. If you would like to support our work, go over to https://www.microbe.tv/contribute/ ——————————————————————— #virology #viruses #coronavirus #pandemic ———————————————————————