Host: Vincent Racaniello

Guest: Michael Diamond

Michael Diamond visits the TWiV studio to talk about chikungunya virus and his laboratory's work on a mouse model of Zika virus, including the recent finding of testicular damage caused by viral replication.

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Links for this episode

• Chikungunya virus chronic joint disease caused by adaptive response (J Virol)
• Mouse model of Zika virus pathogenesis (Cell Host Micr)
• Zika virus infection during mouse pregnancy (Cell)
• Zika virus infection damages mouse testes (Nature)
• Uveitis and Zika virus in tears in mice (Cell Rep)

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