The TWiPanorama solve the case of the Dutch Woman with Wormy Objects in Her Stool, dissect a study on cytoadhesion of malaria infected red blood cells, and introduce Parasitology Superheroes.
The paratenic hosts reveal a case of scabies in the Traveling Salesman, and discuss a role for natural antibody in protection from infection with Plasmodium.
TWiP 50: Antagonism in the mosquito midgut
- February 16, 2013
- Tagged as: complement, factor H, lysis, malaria, mosquito, parasite, parasitism, Plasmodium
Vincent and Dickson reveal how malaria parasites avoid lysis by complement in the mosquito.
