TWiV 414: Zika in the guys with Diamond
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Host:\\xa0Vincent Racaniello
Guest:\\xa0Michael Diamond
Michael Diamond visits the TWiV studio to talk about chikungunya virus and his laboratory\'s work on a mouse model of Zika virus, including the recent finding of\\xa0testicular damage\\xa0caused by viral replication.
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Links for this episode
- Chikungunya virus\\xa0chronic joint disease\\xa0caused by adaptive response (J Virol)
- Mouse model\\xa0of Zika virus pathogenesis (Cell Host Micr)
- Zika virus infection during\\xa0mouse pregnancy\\xa0(Cell)
- Zika virus infection\\xa0damages mouse testes\\xa0(Nature)
- Uveitis and Zika virus in tears in mice (Cell Rep)
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