TWiV 405: All the world’s a phage

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

The TWiXers discuss a study on vertical transmission of Zika virus by Aedes mosquitoes, and uncovering Earth’s virome by mining existing metagenomic sequence data.

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Links for this episode

• Roger Tsien, 64 (UC San Diego Health) 16:15
• CDC running out of Zika money (NYTimes) 22:40
• Zika virus in Miami mosquitoes (NYTimes) 17:30
• No Zika virus in Rio Olympics (NYTimes) 25:40
• Vertical transmission of Zika virus in Aedes aegypti (AJTMH) 27:00
• Uncovering Earth’s virome (Nature) 29:30
• Image credit (Global water volume)
• Letters read on TWiV 405 4:15, 1:06:40

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Vincent – Zika: The Emerging Epidemic by Donald McNeil

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