TWiV 399: Zika la femme
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit
The latest Zika virus news from the ConTWiVstadors, including a case of female to male transmission, risk of infection at the 2016 summer Olympics, a DNA vaccine, antibody-dependent enhancement by dengue antibodies, and sites of replication in the placenta.
Links for this episode- Zika virus disease in the US (CDC)
- Female to male Zika virus transmission (CDC)
- Zika virus in female genital tract (Lancet)
- Zika virus transmission in Utah (CDC and NYTimes)
- Olympic Zika virus risk (CDC)
- 15 companies on Zika virus vaccines (WSJ)
- Zika virus DNA vaccine in mice (Nature)
- Zika virus disease in Colombia (NEJM)
- Dengue virus antibody dependent enhancement of Zika virus (PNAS)
- Zika virus antibodies enhance dengue virus disease (Science)
- Zika virus in human placenta and developing brain (bioRxiv)
- Zika virus targets different human placenta cells (Cell Host Microbe)
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