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.
Links for this episode
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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