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TWiV 319: Breaking breakbone


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

The TWiVers review the outcomes of two recent phase 3 clinical trials of a quadrivalent dengue virus vaccine in Asia and Latin America.

 

Links for this episode
  • Efficacy of dengue vaccine (NEJM)
  • Preventing dengue (NEJM)
  • Dengue viruses (Scitable)
  • Intention to treat (Wikipedia)
  • Image credit: Jean-Yves Sgro
  • Letters read on TWiV 319
Weekly Science Picks

Alan - The Toaster Project by Thomas Thwaites
Rich - SpaceX reusable rocket (SpaceX)
Kathy - Antarctica: A Year on Ice
Dickson - NHL Mumps outbreak and Hubble Andromeda image
Vincent - We the Microbiologist

Listener Pick of the Week

Neva - Mosquito earrings
Basel - Flu vaccine selection meeting

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 January 11, 2015  1h41m