Tag: Ascaris

This Week in Parasitism

TWiP 255: Katayama fever

March 22, 2025
Tagged as: Ascaris, dry cough, fever, Katayama fever, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, schistosomiasis

Michelle Labrunda joins TWiP to solve the case of the Georgian in Guinea with fever and dry cough, and describe a new case for you to solve. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula Guest:…

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TWiP 179: Verminous visitors

January 11, 2020
Tagged as: Ascaris, hemoglobin, macaque, malaria, malarial anemia, nonhuman primate, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, pathogenesis, roundworm

The TWiP DVD solve the case of the Child Who Passed Worms, and discuss a non-human primate model for severe malarial anemia.

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TWiP 151: Indiscriminate bulk feeders

May 2, 2018
Tagged as: Ascaris, blood, bloodsucking, Falciparum, helminth, hookworm, malaria, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, resource competition, scabies

The Podfessors solve the case of the Itchy Child from Panama, and discuss competition for blood in human malaria-helminth co-infections.

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TWiP 134: Does toxoplasma make you sexy?

May 24, 2017
Tagged as: Ascariasis, Ascaris, behavior alteration, brain and behavior impairment, fatal attraction, parasite, parasitism, sexual attraction, Stronglyoidiasis, Strongyloides, toxoplasma gondii

Daniel and Vincent solve the case of the Haitian Girl Who Failed To Thrive, and visit two studies that address the question of whether infection with Toxoplasma gondii alters human behavior.

Tag: Ascaris

TWiP 255: Katayama fever

TWiP 179: Verminous visitors

TWiP 151: Indiscriminate bulk feeders

TWiP 134: Does toxoplasma make you sexy?

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