Vincent, Dickson, and Sagi discuss evidence that the pathogen Trypanosoma brucei undergoes meiosis and sexual reproduction.
Vincent and Dickson explain the genetic and molecular basis of drug resistance in Schistosoma mansonii.
Vincent and Dickson discuss reversible inhibitors of cruzipain as new drugs for treating Chagas disease.
Vincent and Dickson consider the effects of climate change on parasitic diseases.
Vincent and Dickson review three novel approaches to antimalarial chemotherapy.
Vincent and Dickson discuss evidence that the malaria parasite originated in gorillas.
TWiP 62: More bats out of hell
- October 31, 2013
- Tagged as: bat, Gabon, hookworm, malaria, parasite, parasitism, vaccine
Vincent and Dickson discuss the high diversity of malaria parasites in West African bats, and a vaccine against hookworm.
Vincent and Dickson review examples of paleoparasitology, the detection of parasites in archaeological material.
Vincent and Dickson discuss how infection with Toxoplasma gondii causes mice to lose their aversion to cat urine, even after the parasites have been cleared.
Vincent and Dickson update the multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, discuss the avian malaria parasite P. lophurae, and review protection against malaria by intravenous immunization with a nonreplicating sporozoite vaccine.