This Week in Virology

TWiV 399: Zika la femme


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

The latest Zika virus news from the ConTWiVstadors, including a case of female to male transmission, risk of infection at the 2016 summer Olympics, a DNA vaccine, antibody-dependent enhancement by dengue antibodies, and sites of replication in the placenta.

Links for this episode
  • Zika virus disease in the US (CDC)
  • Female to male Zika virus transmission (CDC)
  • Zika virus in female genital tract (Lancet)
  • Zika virus transmission in Utah (CDC and NYTimes)
  • Olympic Zika virus risk (CDC)
  • 15 companies on Zika virus vaccines (WSJ)
  • Zika virus DNA vaccine in mice (Nature)
  • Zika virus disease in Colombia (NEJM)
  • Dengue virus antibody dependent enhancement of Zika virus (PNAS)
  • Zika virus antibodies enhance dengue virus disease (Science)
  • Zika virus in human placenta and developing brain (bioRxiv)
  • Zika virus targets different human placenta cells (Cell Host Microbe)
  • Letters read on TWiV 399

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