Tag: AIDS

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TWiP 176: Blood schmear

October 9, 2019
Tagged as: AIDS, babesia, babesiosis, blood smear, CD4+ lymphocyte, HIV-1, Maltese cross, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, schistosome, soluble egg antigen, tick

The TWiPpers of the bite fantastic solve the case of the Indian Man Who Hiked, and discuss the effects of schistosome soluble egg antigen on infection of lymphocytes with HIV-1.

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TWiP 130: Paige Turner

April 1, 2017
Tagged as: AIDS, ESCRT, exosomes, parasite, parasitism, social motility, spliced leader RNA, trans splicing, Trypanosoma brucei

The TWiPniks solve the case of the Man With AIDS, and explore how secretion of extracellular vesicles influences the social motility of Trypanosoma brucei.

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TWiP 99: You get your polar bear from your nana

December 5, 2015
Tagged as: AIDS, eukaryote, H. nana, HIV-1, hymenolepis nana, immunosuppression, malignancy, parasite, parasitism, tapeworm, transformation, tumor

The TWiP trifecta solves the case of the Professor Who Went to Brazil, and discuss an amazing case of a tapeworm that turned into a tumor in an AIDS patient.

Tag: AIDS

TWiP 176: Blood schmear

TWiP 99: You get your polar bear from your nana

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