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Back to EpisodesTWiV 414: Zika in the guys with Diamond
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Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guest: Michael 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 testicular damage caused by viral replication.
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Links for this episode
- Chikungunya virus chronic joint disease caused by adaptive response (J Virol)
- Mouse model of Zika virus pathogenesis (Cell Host Micr)
- Zika virus infection during mouse pregnancy (Cell)
- Zika virus infection damages mouse testes (Nature)
- Uveitis and Zika virus in tears in mice (Cell Rep)
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