This Week in Virology

TWiV 422: Watching the icosahedron drop


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

The TWiVestigators wrap up 2016 with a discussion of the year's ten compelling virology stories.

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Should auld infections be forgotAnd never T-cells primed?Will cross-reacting antigensProtect the host next time?

Links for this episode
  • Register for ASV 2017
  • ASM-ASV Conference on Interplay of Viral and Bacterial Pathogens
  • Ten virology stories from 2016
    • Zika virus (first covered in 2015, TWiV 368)
    • Ebolavirus
    • Eukaryotic genes in Wolbachia phage (TWiV 412)
    • Harold "400" Varmus (TWiV 400) and many other guests
    • Vaccines
    • Mutualism
    • Mosquitoes and viruses
    • Vector victorious (TWiV 401)
    • Animal models of virus infections
    • Virus evolution
  • Current Zika virus infections (ECDC)
  • Early Zika virus infections in Hawaii (PLoS NTD)
  • Zika virus vaccine for whom? (NYTimes)
  • Final results for Ebola virus vaccine (Lancet)
  • Photo from Mohammad
  • Letters read on TWiV 422

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