Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, and Max Gottesman
Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Max Gottesman discuss an unusual wasp-virus symbiosis, influenza transmission and absolute humidity, how mosquitoes survive Dengue virus infection, and viruses of bacteria.
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- Unusual wasp-virus symbiosis
- Absolute humidity modulates influenza virus transmission, survival, and seasonality
- How mosquitoes survive Dengue virus infection
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- Structure of HK97 procapsid
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Most mosquitoes take one blood meal per egg clutch. They may lay many egg clutches in their brief life span.