Immune Booster 35: Human immunology and Dengue virus infection with Adam Waickman

Adam Waickman discusses the unusual reason he got into studying immunology just in humans, his important studies on Dengue virus vaccine antibodies, and the problematic phenomenon of antibody dependent enhancement.

Host: Cindy Leifer

Guest: Adam Waickman

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Links for this episode

• MicrobeTV Discord Server
• Waickman Lab Website
• Dengue virus human infection model (Sci Trans Med, 2022)
• mRNA vectored antibody against Dengue (Antiviral Res, 2025)
• B cell receptor enhancement of Dengue (PLoS Path, 2024)
• Dengue infection macrophage transcriptional profiles (J Virol, 2025)
• Time stamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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