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TWiP 58: People, parasites, and plowshares

  • August 9, 2013
  • Tagged as: cyclospora, cyclosporiasis, parasite, parasitism, plowshares

Vincent and Dickson update the multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, and Dickson reads a chapter from his new book.

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TWiP 57: An outbreak of cyclosporiasis

  • July 20, 2013
  • Tagged as: coccidian, Cyclospora cayetanensis, cyclosporiasis, outbreak, parasite, parasitism

Vincent and Dickson review a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis caused by the single-celled coccidian parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis.

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TWiP 56: Whirling disease

  • July 3, 2013
  • Tagged as: myxobolus cerebralis, myxosporean, parasite, parasitism, salmonid, whirling disease

Vincent and Dickson discuss Myxobolus cerebralis, the parasite that causes whirling disease of salmonids

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TWiP 55: A ladybird’s weapon

  • June 15, 2013
  • Tagged as: bioweapons, harlequin, invasive success, ladybird, ladybug, parasite, parasitism

Vincent and Dickson reveal how invasive harlequin ladybirds use biological weapons against their competitors.

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TWiP 54: Unde venis?

  • May 23, 2013
  • Tagged as: Blastocystis hominis, case history, gastroenteritis, parasite, parasitism, twip

Vincent and Dickson consider a case history of a young man with Blastocystis hominis – is it causing his disease?

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TWiP 53: Anti-saliva immunity

  • April 20, 2013
  • Tagged as: Dickson Despommier, leishmania, leishmaniasis, Lutzomyia longipalpis, parasite, parasitism, saliva, sandfly, twip
Lutzomyia longipalpis sandfly

Vincent and Dickson discuss the finding that immunity to a sandfly salivary protein protects against fatal visceral leishmaniasis in hamsters.

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TWiP 52: Not your ordinary unsegmented roundworm

  • March 16, 2013
  • Tagged as: Dioctophyme renale, dioctophymiasis, parasite, parasitism, roundworm

Vincent and Dickson review the life cycle and pathogenesis of the giant kidney worm, Dioctophyme renale.

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TWiP 51: Modifying mosquitoes with Anthony A. James

  • March 2, 2013
  • Tagged as: dengue virus, genetically modified mosquito, malaria, parasite, parasitism

Special guest Anthony A. James joins Vincent and Dickson to discuss how mosquitoes can be genetically modified to control infectious diseases.

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TWiP 50: Antagonism in the mosquito midgut

  • February 16, 2013
  • Tagged as: complement, factor H, lysis, malaria, mosquito, parasite, parasitism, Plasmodium

Vincent and Dickson reveal how malaria parasites avoid lysis by complement in the mosquito.

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TWiP 49: Making sense of toxo and heme

  • January 26, 2013
  • Tagged as: despommier, heme, innate immunity, parasite, parasitism, protozoan, racaniello, toll like receptor, toxoplasma gondii

Vincent and Dickson discuss innate immune sensing of Toxoplasma gondii in mice, and heme metabolism in protozoan parasites.

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