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TWiV 388: What could possibly go wrong?
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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
Preprint servers, the structure of an antibody bound to Zika virus, blocking Zika virus replication in mosquitoes with Wolbachia, and killing carp in Australia with a herpesvirus are topics of this episode hosted by Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Kathy.
Links for this episode
- biorXiv preprint server
- Please review Vaccines and Your Child
- Structure of antibody bound to Zika virus E protein (Cell Host Microbe)
- Wolbachia blocks Zika virus in mosquitoes (Cell Host Microbe)
- Zimmer on Wolbachia and Zika virus (NY Times)
- Fauci on Zika virus vaccine (Science)
- Carpageddon (The Conversation)
- Letters read on TWiV 388
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