TWiV 368: Infected, you will be

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

A plaque of virologists explores the biology of Zika virus and recent outbreaks, and the contribution of a filamentous bacteriophage to the development of biofilms.

Links for this episode

• More cowbell (Wikipedia)


• Microcephaly in Brazil (Outbreak News)


• Non-vector borne Zika transmission (EID)


• Zika virus outside Africa (EID)


• Zika virus possible sexual transmission (EID)


• Zika virus in saliva (J Clin Virol)


• Dengue's cousin Zika (Micr Inf)


• Filamentous phage promote biofilm assembly (Cell Host Micr)


• Biofilm history (MSU)


• Pseudomonas phage Pf1


• Image credit


• Letters read on TWiV 368

This episode is sponsored by Clinical Virology Symposium and ASM Microbe

Alan - Twelve days of norovirusVincent - This Week in EvolutionRich - In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton SidesKathy - Kajanjian lecture on Frederick Novy and Milestones ceremony at UM

Peter - What if anti-vax, anti-science movement won?Stephen - Scandalous origin of vaccinesPritesh - Absurd way of doing business

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