TWiV 422: Watching the icosahedron drop

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

The TWiVestigators wrap up 2016 with a discussion of the year's ten compelling virology stories.

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Should auld infections be forgot
And never T-cells primed?
Will cross-reacting antigens
Protect the host next time?

Links for this episode

• Register for ASV 2017
• ASM-ASV Conference on Interplay of Viral and Bacterial Pathogens
• Ten virology stories from 2016
  • Zika virus (first covered in 2015, TWiV 368)
  • Ebolavirus
  • Eukaryotic genes in Wolbachia phage (TWiV 412)
  • Harold "400" Varmus (TWiV 400) and many other guests
  • Vaccines
  • Mutualism
  • Mosquitoes and viruses
  • Vector victorious (TWiV 401)
  • Animal models of virus infections
  • Virus evolution
• Current Zika virus infections (ECDC)
• Early Zika virus infections in Hawaii (PLoS NTD)
• Zika virus vaccine for whom? (NYTimes)
• Final results for Ebola virus vaccine (Lancet)
• Photo from Mohammad
• Letters read on TWiV 422

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