TWiV 375: Zika and you will find

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Alan Dove , Rich Condit , and Kathy Spindler Guests: Carolyn Coyne , Helen Lazear , and Jeremy Luban The TWiVziks present everything you want to know about Zika virus, including association of infection with microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome, transmission, epidemiology, and much more. Links for this episode Zika outbreak in Brazil (EID) 13:40 Zika summary (ProMedMail) 19:30 Zika and microcephaly (MMWR) 27:30 Facts about microcephaly (CDC) Brazil Ministry of Health microcephaly numbers Zika spread in Americas (MMWR) Deu Zica 42:30 Microcephaly in Brazil (Lancet) 46:10 GM mosquitoes did not start Zika outbreak (Discover) 1:31:30 Debunking myths around Zika (Mad Virologist) Sexual transmission vs sexually transmissible (virology blog) 1:22:10 CDC Zika travel guidance 1:15:45 CDC on Zika and sex 1:17:10 Image credit: Esper Kallas, University of Sao Paulo Letters read on TWiV 375 This episode is sponsored by 32nd Clinical Virology Symposium and ASM Grant Writing Webinar Weekly Science Picks 1:50:45 Alan - Jetstream Online School for Weather Vincent - New virus watercolors from Michele Banks ( one , two ) Rich - The Mad Virologist ( Facebook , blog ) Kathy - Orcas in Antarctica Jeremy - Pardis Sabeti on TED Helen - Science Valentines Carolyn - Three letter word missing from Zika warnings Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]