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On episode #38 of the science show This Week in Parasitism, Vincent and Dickson tackle the backlog of listener email, then consider the life cycle and pathogenesis of Trichomonas vaginalis, the flagellated protozoan transmitted by sexual contact.
You can find TWiP #38 at microbeworld.org/twip.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Vincent and Dickson discuss immune evasion by the cruzain protease of T. cruzi, and novel tetraspanin antigens of S. japonicum.
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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Vincent and Dickson discuss the promising results of a phase III trial of a malaria vaccine in African children.
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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Vincent and Dickson have a broad-ranging conversation with Charles Knirsch of Pfizer, Inc. about how public-private partnerships can function to control and eliminate infectious diseases.
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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Vincent and Dickson converse with Peter Hotez about global health, vaccinology, and neglected tropical diseases.
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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
On episode #28 of the podcast This Week in Parasitism, Vincent and Dickson discuss medical entomology with Robert W. Gwadz, Assistant Chief of the Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research at NIAID.
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TWiP #28 (65 MB .mp3, 91 minutes)