TWiV 393: Lovers and livers
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
The TWiVerati revisit possible sexual transmission of Zika virus, and reveal how a cell protein that allows hepatitis C virus replication in cell culture enhances vitamin E mediated protection against lipid peroxidation.
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Links for this episode- Late sexual transmission of Zika virus (Lancet)
- Zika virus disease in US (CDC)
- Zika virus lab accident (ABC News)
- Mosquito eradication (virology blog)
- Florida mosquito control (TWiV 111)
- How tequila mosquito (TWiV 178)
- SEC14L2 allows HCV replication in cell culture (Nature)
- Lipid peroxidation (Wikipedia)
- HCV replicase regulated by lipid peroxidation (Nat Med)
- Letters read on TWiV 393
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