TWiV 319: Breaking breakbone

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

The TWiVers review the outcomes of two recent phase 3 clinical trials of a quadrivalent dengue virus vaccine in Asia and Latin America.

 

Links for this episode

• Efficacy of dengue vaccine (NEJM)
• Preventing dengue (NEJM)
• Dengue viruses (Scitable)
• Intention to treat (Wikipedia)
• Image credit: Jean-Yves Sgro
• Letters read on TWiV 319

Weekly Science Picks

Alan - The Toaster Project by Thomas ThwaitesRich - SpaceX reusable rocket (SpaceX)Kathy - Antarctica: A Year on IceDickson - NHL Mumps outbreak and Hubble Andromeda imageVincent - We the Microbiologist

Listener Pick of the Week

Neva - Mosquito earringsBasel - Flu vaccine selection meeting

Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected]