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Published: April 15, 2012, 6:27 p.m.

Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and\xa0Gertrud Radu

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Gertrud joins the TWiVoners to review how dengue virus infection of mosquitoes alters blood feeding behavior, and gene therapy as practiced by parasitoid wasps.

\nLinks for this episode:\n

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• Renato Dulbecco, 1914-2012 (virology blog)
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• William Jarrett, 83\xa0(thanks, Lynn Enquist)
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• Dengue virus infection of mosquitoes\xa0alters their behavior\xa0(PLoS Path)
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• Does dengue make mosquitoes\xa0thirstier for blood?\xa0(NY Times)
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• Polydnaviruses of\xa0braconid wasps\xa0(Science)
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• Making nice\xa0with viruses (Science)
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• Viral and wasp genes\xa0involved in symbiotic replication (J Virol)
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• Amazing\xa0parasitic wasp images
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• The\xa0Far Side cartoon\xa0on mosquitoes (gif)
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• TWiV on Facebook
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• Letters read\xa0on TWiV 179
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