TWiV 384: Agent 003, a view to a fish kill

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove and Rich Condit Guests: Nischay Mishra and Ian Lipkin Nischay and Ian join the TWiVions to discuss mass die-offs of tilapia by a novel orthomyxo-like virus, Ian's editorial on the movie Vaxxed, and new vaccines to prevent dengue virus infections, including a human challenge model.    Links for this episode Novel orthomyxo-like virus in Tilapia die-offs (mBio) Fish flu (TWiV 41) Anti-vaccination lunacy won't stop (WSJ) Single-dose dengue vaccine effective (J Inf Dis) Dengue vaccine needs (J Inf Dis) Composition of TV003 (J Inf Dis) Dengue vaccine mutagenesis (Curr Top Micr Imm) Dengue human challenge model (Sci Transl Med) Yellow fever alarm (STAT) Experiment: Zika virus UC Berkeley Microbiology Student Symposium Image credit Letters read on TWiV 384 This episode is sponsored by ASM Agar Art Contest, ASM Grant Writing Course, and ASV 2016 Weekly Science Picks Rich - Dune by Frank HerbertAlan - Adult vaccination video contestDickson - Ski town greenhouseVincent - Preprint servers: Force awakens or revenge of undead? Listener Picks Ken - Golden Mole Awards for Accidental Brilliance (list, video)Jim - Linear algebra course Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]