TWiV 319: Breaking breakbone

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

The TWiVers review the outcomes of two recent phase 3 clinical trials of a quadrivalent dengue virus vaccine in Asia and Latin America.

• Efficacy of dengue vaccine (NEJM)


• Preventing dengue (NEJM)


• Dengue viruses (Scitable)


• Intention to treat (Wikipedia)


• Image credit: Jean-Yves Sgro


• Letters read on TWiV 319

Alan - The Toaster Project by Thomas ThwaitesRich - SpaceX reusable rocket (SpaceX)Kathy - Antarctica: A Year on IceDickson - NHL Mumps outbreak and Hubble Andromeda imageVincent - We the Microbiologist

Neva - Mosquito earringsBasel - Flu vaccine selection meeting

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