TWiV 109: Virologia en Mexico

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rosa Maria del Angel, and Ana Lorena Gutierrez

On episode #109 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent visits Mexico City and speaks with Rosa Maria del Angel and Ana Lorena Gutierrez about virology in Mexico, and their work on dengue and caliciviruses.

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Links for this episode:

• Rosa’s PNAS paper on proteins that bind poliovirus RNA
• Lorena’s papers on influence of proteins that bind poliovirus RNA on tropism and attenuation
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Weekly Science Picks

Lorena – Caliciviruses by Hansman, Jiang, and Green
Vincent – Insights into dengue virus genome replication by Alcaraz-Estrada, Yocupicio, and del Angel

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