TWiV 384: Agent 003, a view to a fish kill

Published: April 10, 2016, 1:16 p.m.

Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello,\xa0Dickson Despommier,\xa0Alan Dove\xa0and\xa0Rich Condit

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Guests:\xa0Nischay Mishra and Ian Lipkin

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Nischay and Ian join the TWiVions to discuss mass die-offs of tilapia by a novel orthomyxo-like virus, Ian's editorial on the movie Vaxxed, and new vaccines to prevent dengue virus infections, including a human challenge model.\xa0

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This episode is sponsored by ASM\xa0Agar Art Contest, ASM Grant Writing Course,\xa0and\xa0ASV 2016

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