Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Vincent and Dickson discuss how malaria parasites induce odors in their rodent hosts that attract mosquitoes.
Download TWiP #78 (52 MB .mp3, 71 minutes).
Links for this episode:
- Visceral Leishmaniasis, South Sudan (ProMedMail)
- Malaria-induced changes in host odors (PNAS)
- Image credit
- Letters read on TWiP 77
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