TWiP 63: Plasmodium of the apes

 Cornelius Dr. ZaiusHosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Vincent and Dickson discuss evidence that the malaria parasite originated in gorillas.

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TWiP 62: More bats out of hell

Screenshot 2013-10-30 22.06.22Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Vincent and Dickson discuss the high diversity of malaria parasites in West African bats, and a vaccine against hookworm.

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TWiP 61: Some creep crept into the crypt and crapped

journal.pone.0007288.g004Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Vincent and Dickson review examples of paleoparasitology, the detection of parasites in archaeological material.

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TWiP 60: Urine a game of cat and mouse

cat-and-mouseHosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

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.

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Blaine – The Worm Within

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TWiP 59: Apicomplexity

Apicomplexa structureHosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

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.

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TWiP 58: People, parasites, and plowshares

IMG 4428Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Guest: Cali Despommier

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

cyclospora oocystHosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

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

The day after recording this episode, ProMedMail reported that the outbreak of cyclosporiasis had spread to Texas.

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TWiP 56: Whirling disease

ActinomyxonHosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

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

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Amanda – Pandemic: On the Brink

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TWiP 55: A ladybird’s weapon

Harmonia axyridis imaginesHosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

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

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An Inordinate Fondess for Beetles by Arthur V. Evans, Charles L. Bellamy

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Jessie – Pandemic, the board game

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TWiP 54: Unde venis?

blastocystis hominisHosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

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

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