TWiV 179: Was ist ein virus?
An episode of the This Week in Virology podcast, hosted by Vincent Racaniello, titled "TWiV 179: Was ist ein virus?" was published on April 15, 2012 and runs 104 minutes.
April 15, 2012 ·104m · This Week in Virology
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Episode Description
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Gertrud Radu
Gertrud joins the TWiVoners to review how dengue virus infection of mosquitoes alters blood feeding behavior, and gene therapy as practiced by parasitoid wasps.
Links for this episode:
- Renato Dulbecco, 1914-2012 (virology blog)
- William Jarrett, 83 (thanks, Lynn Enquist)
- Dengue virus infection of mosquitoes alters their behavior (PLoS Path)
- Does dengue make mosquitoes thirstier for blood? (NY Times)
- Polydnaviruses of braconid wasps (Science)
- Making nice with viruses (Science)
- Viral and wasp genes involved in symbiotic replication (J Virol)
- Amazing parasitic wasp images
- The Far Side cartoon on mosquitoes (gif)
- TWiV on Facebook
- Letters read on TWiV 179
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