Guests: Sharon Isern and Scott Michael
Sharon and Scott join the TWiV team to talk about their work on dengue antibody-dependent enhancement of Zika virus infection, and identifying the virus in mosquitoes from Miami.
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Links for this episode- Live at Florida Gulf Coast University (TWiV #111)
- Florida DOH Daily Zika Update
- Regional Zika update, Americas (PAHO, WHO)
- NJ Zika Bill
- Dengue virus antibodies enhance Zika virus infection (bioRxiv)
- First detection of Zika virus in Brazilian A. aegyptii (Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz)
- 2017 ASM Scientific Writing and Publishing Online Course
- Letters read on TWiV 410
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Weekly Science PicksSharon - Zika virus comics and cartoons and Florida weekly arbovirus reportsScott - Real-time tracking of Zika virus evolution Alan - Evolution of antibiotic resistance on a mega plate Rich - WindytvKathy - Zika virus map and timeline Vincent - Ohsumi Nobel advanced information and HR 5325 funding breakdown
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