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
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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)
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