Chikungunya

TWiV 115: Color me infected

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Marc Pelletier On episode #115 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, Rich and Marc discuss the finding that a limited number of incoming herpesviral genomes can replicate and express in a cell, and controlling viral replication in Aedes aegypti with a Wolbachia symbiont. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV115.mp3″] Click the …

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TWiV 37: Open access

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Eric O. Freed On episode 37 of the podcast “This Week in Virology ” (TWiV), Vincent, Alan, and Eric Freed talk about vesivirus contamination of bioreactors, pandemic influenza, maximizing the effect of vaccination by targeting children, chikungunya virus, and open access scientific journals. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV037.mp3″] Click the arrow above …

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Chikungunya

According to ProMED mail, Chikungunya is rapidly spreading in Sri Lanka. Chikungunya virus is a togavirus in the alphavirus genus. The infection is spread by mosquitos, mainly Aedes aegypti. The viral disease has been known for more than 50 years in the tropics and savannahs of developing countries of Asia and Africa, but never has …

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