Team TWiV explains how alphaviruses like Western equine encephalitis virus cross into the brain from capillaries by caveolin-mediated transcytosis, and reveal scientists' incentives and attitudes towards public communication.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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Viral brain entry by transcytosis across endothelial cells (mBio)
Scientists attitudes towards public communication (PNAS)
Letters read on TWiV 746
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TWiV 746: Encephalitis viruses dine on caveolae