TWiV 377: Chicken with a side of Zika

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

The TWiVniks review the past week's findings on Zika virus and microcephaly, and reveal a chicken protein that provides insight on the restriction of transmission of avian influenza viruses to humans.

• Larvicide not involved in microcephaly (CBS News)


• Obama seeks $1.8b for Zika virus (Guardian)


• Zika virus in Puerto Rico (MMWR)


• Zika virus in semen (EID)


• Zika virus in Indonesia (EID)


• Phylogeny of Zika virus (EID)


• Zika virus may cause mental disease (NYTimes)


• Zika virus from amniotic fluid (Lancet)


• Host protein underlies avian influenza host restriction (Nature)


• Wendy Barclay on TWiV 177


• Home to roost (Cell)


• Image credit


• Letters read on TWiV 377

This episode is sponsored by 32nd Clinical Virology Symposium and Microbe Magazine Podcast

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