Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier On episode #25 of the podcast This Week in Parasitism, Vincent and Dickson review Wuchereria bancrofti, the nematode that causes lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twip/TWiP025.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiP #25 (32 MB .mp3, 67 minutes). Links for this episode: Adults of Wuchereria bancrofti in …
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Dickson Despommier, and Rich Condit Vincent, Alan, Dickson and Rich answer listener questions about XMRV, yellow fever vaccine, virus-like particles, West Nile virus, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and human endogenous retroviruses, multiplicity of infection, and how to make a poxvirus. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV129.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download …
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Margaret McFall-Ngai, Cliff Mintz, and Michael Schmidt. On episode #4 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Cliff, Margaret, and Michael review foodborne bacterial illness in the context of outbreaks associated with cantaloupes and Lebanon bologna. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twimshow/TWiM004.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right click to download TWiM #4 (51 …
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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Vincent, Alan, and Rich explore a novel bunyavirus isolated in China, the recent polio outbreak in Republic of the Congo, and cell to cell transmission of a retrovirus by biofilm-like extracellular assemblies. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV127.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #127 (62 MB .mp3, …
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier On episode #24 of the podcast This Week in Parasitism, Vincent and Dickson discuss the life cycle and pathogenesis of Onchocerca volvulus, the vector-borne filarial nematode parasite that causes onchocerciasis, or river blindness. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twip/TWiP024.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiP #24 (59 MB .mp3, 82 minutes). …
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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Michelle Ozbun On episode #126 of the podcast This Week in Virology, virologist Michelle Ozbun and the TWiV team review the biology of human papillomaviruses. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV126.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #126 (69 MB .mp3, 96 minutes). Subscribe to TWiV (free) …
