Vincent and Dickson review how gut bacteria help establish T. muris in the large intestine of mice.
Vincent and Dickson discuss control of malaria with their Columbia University colleague David Fidock.
Vincent and Dickson discuss control of malaria and filariasis with the bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia.
Vincent and Dickson review an in silico pipeline for identifying molecular mimicry candidate proteins in the genomes of parasites, and catch up on listener email.
Vincent and Dickson discuss immune evasion by the cruzain protease of T. cruzi, and novel tetraspanin antigens of S. japonicum.
Vincent and Dickson discuss the promising results of a phase III trial of a malaria vaccine in African children.
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. Download TWiP #30 (61 MB .mp3,…
Vincent and Dickson converse with Peter Hotez about global health, vaccinology, and neglected tropical diseases.
Vincent and Dickson discuss medical entomology with Robert W. Gwadz, Assistant Chief of the Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research at NIAID.
TWiP 27: Trematodes
- June 22, 2011
- Tagged as: clonorchis, fasciola, fasciolopsis, fluke, heterophyes, metagonimus, paragonimus, parasite, parasitism, snail, trematode
Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of trematodes, or flukes, which have a snail as a reservoir host.