TWiV 111: Live at Florida Gulf Coast University

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Ed Fussell, Andrea Leal, and Amy Sargent

On episode #111 of the podcast This Week in Virology, the TWiV crew meets with members of the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District at Florida Gulf Coast University to discuss dengue in Florida and how to control it.

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Links for this episode:

• Florida Keys Mosquito Control District
• Prof. Sharon Isern
• Florida Gulf Coast University
• CDC report on dengue in the Florida Keys
• Dengue in Miami
• Mosquito release in the Caymans (Oxitec press release – pdf)
• Concerns about mosquito release
• TWiV on Facebook – photos of TWiV 111
• Letters read on TWiV 111
• Video of this episode – Download .mp4 (136 MB) or .wmv (457 MB) or view below

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