TWiV 454: FGCU, Zika
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Sharon and Scott return to TWiV for a Zika virus update, including their work on viral evolution and spread, and whether pre-existing immunity to dengue virus enhances pathogenesis.
Hosts:\\xa0Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier,\\xa0Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
Guests: Sharon Isern and Scott Michael
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Links for this episode
- Hurricane Zika (TWiV 410)
- 454 Corporation (Wikipedia)
- Regional Zika update, Americas (PAHO, WHO)
- Zika virus serum bank (pdf)
- Zika virus evolution and spread in the Americas\\xa0(Nature)
- Multiple introductions of Zika virus in US\\xa0(Nature)
- Inhibition of Zika Virus Replication by Wolbachia\\xa0(J Virol)
- Zika virus pathogenesis in rhesus macaques unaffected by immunity to dengue virus\\xa0(Nat Commun)
- Impact of flavivirus immunity on Zika virus infection in rhesus macaques\\xa0(PLoS Path)
- Enhancement of Zika virus pathogenesis by antiflavivirus immunity\\xa0(Science)
- No ADE by dengue antibodies in Zika virus patients (Clin Inf Dis)
- Oropharyngeal mucosal transmission of Zika virus in rhesus macaques\\xa0(Nat Commun)
- Letters read\\xa0on TWiV 454
Weekly Science Picks
Dickson - Industrial Scars
Kathy - Eclipse info by zipcode
Sharon -\\xa0Michaela\\u2019s article in The Conversation
Scott - Signal P, Pecaan,\\xa0Phamerator,\\xa0DNAmaster
Alan\\xa0- The Eagle Whisperer\\u201d (and the Great Big Story channel)
Vincent\\xa0- Bottle
Listener Pick
Kevin\\xa0- Tenure track scientist bites the dust
Intro music is by\\xa0Ronald Jenkees.
Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv
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