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TWiP 14: Leishmania

11 August 2010 by Vincent Racaniello

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

On episode 14 of the podcast This Week in Parasitism, Vincent and Dickson consider the life cycle and pathogenesis of the protozoan parasite Leishmania.

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L. braziliensis life cycle (jpg)
L. donovani life cycle (jpg)
L. tropica life cycle (jpg)
L. major lesion (jpg)
Transgenic mosquito delivers Leishmania vaccine (thanks, Geoffrey)
Plasmodium falciparum accompanied human expansion out of Africa (thanks, Prasad)
Who speaks for the guinea worm? (thanks, Michael)
Letters read on TWiP 14

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On episode 13 of the podcast This Week in Parasitism, Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of the obligate intracellular protozoanÂ Toxoplasma gondii with a consideration of the clinical consequences of infection and pathogenesis.

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Isopod fish parasites (thanks, Kevin!)
Farmscraper on Word Spy (thanks, Mitchell!)
Toxoplasma and personalities (thanks, Greg!)
Science podcast (July 2) on parasites and intelligence (transcript – thanks, Jim!)
Letters read on TWiP 13

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TWiP 12: Toxoplasma gondii

18 June 2010 by Vincent Racaniello

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

On episode 12 of the podcast “This Week in Parasitism”, Vincent and Dickson introduce the obligate intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, one of the most successful parasites on earth.

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Global clinical burden of malaria (PLoS Medicine)
T. gondii sporulated oocysts (jpg)
T. gondii tachyzoites in parasitophorous vacuole (jpg)
T. gondii life cycle (jpg)
Insect bioterrorism conference (thanks, Don!)
Parasite of the Day (thanks, Douglas!)
World Science Festival
Letters read on TWiP 12

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TWiP 11: One times three million

2 June 2010 by Vincent Racaniello

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

On episode 11 of the podcast “This Week in Parasitism”, Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of malaria, with emphasis on clinical aspects of the disease.

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The quest for a malaria vaccine (Meet the Scientist 49)
Science issue on malaria and tuberculosis
Malaria pathogenesis (pdf)
Malaria pathogenesis (jpg)
Letters read on TWiP 11

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TWiP 9: Mala aria

6 May 2010 by Vincent Racaniello

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

On episode 9 of the podcast “This Week in Parasitism”, Vincent and Dickson move on to protozoan parasites with a discussion of the early history of malaria..

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Malaria history at CDC
Radio New Zealand show on hookworms (thanks James!)
Tapeworm brain infection serious health concern (thanks Jim!)
Pig farmers try to limit pork tapeworm spread (thanks Gopal!)
Bizarre tongue-eating fish parasite (thanks Arsen!)
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TWiP 4: Trichinella life cycle

31 January 2010 by Vincent Racaniello

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

On episode 4 of the podcast “This Week in Parasitism”, Vincent and Dick trace the life cycle of Trichinella spiralis in an infected host.

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Trichinella life cycle (jpg)
Newborn larva entering muscle cell (jpg)
Adult T. spiralis in columnar epithelial cell (jpg)
Adult female T. spiralis (jpg)
Infective first stage T. spiralis larva in Nurse cell in muscle tissue (jpg)
Adult female T. spiralis with fully formed larvae in uterus (jpg)
Adult male T. spiralis with claspers on tail (jpg)
Clinical correlations in trichinosis (jpg)
Letters read on TWiP #4

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