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Tag: cercariae

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TWiP 177: A scabrous education

  • November 6, 2019
  • Tagged as: cercariae, mite, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, permethrin, rotifer, sarcoptes Scabiei, scabies, schistosomiasis, snail intermediate host

The TWiPsters solve the case of the Rashy Schoolteacher, and reveal a drug from rotifers that live on the snail intermediate host which paralyzes schistosome cercariae and prevents infection of mice.

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TWiP 135: Embryonated eggs of wisdom

  • June 20, 2017
  • Tagged as: cercariae, CTLA4, Giardia, granulomatous hyperreactivity, hepatic fibrosis, parasite, parasitism, Schistosoma mansoni, single sex infection, Th2, Treg
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Dickson returns to the TWiP hosts to solve the case of the Woman from Colorado With Loose Stools, and explain how single-sex infection with female Schistosoma mansoni reduces hepatic fibrosis.

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