TWiV 383: A zillion Zika papers and a Brazilian

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

Guest: Esper Kallas

Esper and the Merry TWiXters analyze the latest data on Zika virus and microcephaly in Brazil, and discuss publications on a mouse model for disease, infection of a fetus, mosquito vector competence, and the cryo-EM structure of the virus particle.

• Zika virus in the Americas (Science)


• Co-circulation of dengue, Zika, chik in Brazil (Medicine)


• Murine model for Zika virus infection (Am J Trop Med Hyg)


• Zika virus susceptibility of A. aegypti and A. albopictus (PLoS NTD)


• Infectious Zika virus from saliva (EuroSurveill)


• Zika virus spread through saliva? (Braz Oral Res)


• Five Zika virus reviews (one, two, three, four, five)


• Zika virus and microcephaly, Brazil (MMWR)


• Zika virus in urine (EuroSurveill)


• Zika virus infection of fetus (NEJM)


• Real-time sharing of Zika virus data (JAMA)


• Image credit: Richard Kuhn


• Letters read on TWiV 383

This episode is sponsored by ASM Agar Art Contest and ASV 2016

Esper - The Chaos by Gérard Nolst Trenité and HIV pathogenesis courseAlan - Science KombatDickson - Four steps to wiping out a mosquitoVincent - Public lacks information on Zika virusKathy - Zika virus cryo-EM structure video

Justin - Culture-independent discovery of Archaeal virusMelinda - Zika virus open research portal and Your body battles series

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