Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
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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