TWiV 458: Saliva of the fittest
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The TWiVians present an imported case of yellow fever in New York City, and explain how a dengue virus subgenomic RNA disrupts immunity in mosquito salivary glands to increase virus replication.
Hosts:\\xa0Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
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Links for this episode
- ASM Conference on Viral Manipulation of Nuclear Processes
- Roger W. Hendrix, 74 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- Roger Hendrix video on TWiV #135
- Yellow fever in traveler returning from Peru (MMWR)
- Dengue subgenomic RNA in mosquito salivary gland (PLoS Path)
- Image credit
- Letters read\\xa0on TWiV 458
This episode is brought to you by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Part of the U.S. Department of Defense, the Agency\\u2019s Chemical and Biological Technologies Department hosts the 2017 Chemical and Biological Defense Science & Technology Conference to exchange information on the latest and most dynamic developments for countering chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction. Find out more at http://www.cbdstconference.com
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