TWiV 384: Agent 003, a view to a fish kill
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove and Rich Condit
Guests: Nischay Mishra and Ian Lipkin
Nischay and Ian join the TWiVions to discuss mass die-offs of tilapia by a novel orthomyxo-like virus, Ian's editorial on the movie Vaxxed, and new vaccines to prevent dengue virus infections, including a human challenge model.
Links for this episode
Novel orthomyxo-like virus in Tilapia die-offs (mBio)
Fish flu (TWiV 41)
Anti-vaccination lunacy won't stop (WSJ)
Single-dose dengue vaccine effective (J Inf Dis)
Dengue vaccine needs (J Inf Dis)
Composition of TV003 (J Inf Dis)
Dengue vaccine mutagenesis (Curr Top Micr Imm)
Dengue human challenge model (Sci Transl Med)
Yellow fever alarm (STAT)
Experiment: Zika virus
UC Berkeley Microbiology Student Symposium
Image credit
Letters read on TWiV 384
This episode is sponsored by ASM Agar Art Contest, ASM Grant Writing Course, and ASV 2016
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