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TWiP 160: Toddy tappers

  • October 10, 2018
  • Tagged as: amoeba, Chad, date palm wine, dog, dracunculiasis, Dracunculus medinensis, Entamoeba histolytica, Guinea worm, Guinea worm disease, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, toddy tapper

The TWiPlets solve the case of the Electrician from Tamil Nadu with a Liver Mass, and reveal that dogs and humans share a common Chadian Guinea worm.

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TWiP 115: The Cuscuta Factor

  • August 27, 2016
  • Tagged as: amoeba, brain eating amoeba, Cuscuta, dodder, eukaryote, holoparasite, Naegleria fowleri, parasite, parasitism, primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, stem holoparasite, tomato
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The TWiPlets solve the sad case of the Boy Who Went Swimming, and explain why the tomato is resistant to the plant parasite Cuscuta.

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TWiP 98: Resistance is not futile

  • October 30, 2015
  • Tagged as: amoeba, Anopheles, Balamuthia, mosquito, parasite, parasitism, pyrethrin, pyrethroid, resistance, RNAseq
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The TWiP-lets reveal Balamuthia infection in the Children from Peru, and discuss resistance to pyrethroids uncovered by RNA sequencing of Anopheles mosquitoes.

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