TWiV 401: Vector victorious

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler Zika virus spreads in the USA, a Zika virus DNA vaccine goes into phase I trials, and how mosquito bites enhance virus replication and disease, from the friendly TWiFolk Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Kathy.   Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Beverly Griffin, 86 (1  2  3) Zika virus in the US (CDC) Zika virus spreading in Miami (CDC) Zika virus in Florida (NY Times) NIH begins phase I trial of Zika virus DNA vaccine (NIAID) Mosquito salive enhances West Nile replication in mice (J Virol) Mosquito bites enhance virus infection (Immunity) Photo of A. aegyptii and mouse ears from Marieke Pingen Letters read on TWiV 401 This episode is brought to you by CuriosityStream, a subscription streaming service that offers over 1,400 documentaries and non­fiction series from the world's best filmmakers. Get unlimited access starting at just $2.99 a month, and for our audience, the first two months are completel free if you sign up at curiositystream.com/microbe and use the promo code MICROBE. This episode is also brought to you by Drobo, a family of safe, expandable, yet simple to use storage arrays. Drobos are designed to protect your important data forever. Visit www.drobo.com to learn more. Listeners can save $100 on a Drobo system at drobostore.com by using the discount code Microbe100. Weekly Science Picks Alan - The DoubleclicksKathy - WHO ZIKV app and ZIKV Giant Microbe Dickson - Photographer Rosamond PurcellVincent - Spillover: Zika, Ebola, and Beyond Listener Picks Ricardo - Portugal Four Days on Renewable EnergyFatma - DeNovo: Predicting virus-host protein interactionsStephen - How mosquitoes use six needles to suck your blood Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]