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

The TWiVerati revisit possible sexual transmission of Zika virus, and reveal how a cell protein that allows hepatitis C virus replication in cell culture enhances vitamin E mediated protection against lipid peroxidation.

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Late sexual transmission of Zika virus (Lancet)
Zika virus disease in US (CDC)
Zika virus lab accident (ABC News)
Mosquito eradication (virology blog)
Florida mosquito control (TWiV 111)
How tequila mosquito (TWiV 178)
SEC14L2 allows HCV replication in cell culture (Nature)
Lipid peroxidation (Wikipedia)
HCV replicase regulated by lipid peroxidation (Nat Med)
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