TWiV 401: Vector victorious
Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello,\xa0Dickson Despommier,\xa0Alan Dove, and\xa0Kathy Spindler
Zika virus spreads\xa0in the USA, a Zika virus DNA vaccine goes into phase I trials, and\xa0how mosquito bites\xa0enhance virus replication and disease, from the friendly TWiFolk Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Kathy.
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- Zika virus\xa0in the US\xa0(CDC)
- Zika virus\xa0spreading in Miami\xa0(CDC)
- Zika virus in\xa0Florida\xa0(NY Times)
- NIH begins phase I trial of\xa0Zika virus DNA vaccine\xa0(NIAID)
- Mosquito salive enhances West Nile\xa0replication in mice\xa0(J Virol)
- Mosquito bites\xa0enhance virus infection\xa0(Immunity)
- Photo of\xa0A. aegyptii\xa0and mouse ears\xa0from Marieke Pingen
- Letters read\xa0on TWiV 401
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Weekly Science PicksAlan\xa0-\xa0The Doubleclicks
Kathy\xa0-\xa0WHO ZIKV app\xa0and\xa0ZIKV Giant Microbe
Dickson\xa0-\xa0Photographer Rosamond Purcell
Vincent\xa0-\xa0Spillover: Zika, Ebola, and Beyond
Ricardo\xa0-\xa0Portugal Four Days on Renewable Energy
Fatma\xa0-\xa0DeNovo: Predicting virus-host protein interactions
Stephen\xa0-\xa0How mosquitoes use six needles to suck your blood
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