Tag: endosymbiont

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TWiP 184: The hunter gets captured by the game

June 6, 2020
Tagged as: Anopheles, COVID-19, cyclospora, endosymbiont, malaria, microsporidian, mosquito, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, Plasmodium, watery diarrhea, wolbachia

Dickson, Daniel and Vincent solve the case of the Safari Goer With Watery Diarrhea, and explain how a microsporidian endosymbiont of Anopheles mosquitoes might impair the transmission of malaria.

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TWiP 164: Surf n’ perf

January 12, 2019
Tagged as: endosymbiont, leishmaniasis, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, Sodalis glossinidius, symbiosis, Trypanosoma brucei, tsetse fly, Wigglesworthia, Wigglesworthia glossinidia

The TWiP legends solve the case of Surfer Sans Septum, and discuss how two symbiotic bacteria in the tsetse fly might allow colonization with Trypanosoma brucei.

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TWiP 157: What a long, strange TWiP it’s been

August 29, 2018
Tagged as: Babesia microti, Coxiella, endosymbiont, intracellular ring form, larva, nymph, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, Q fever, Rickettsia, tick, transstadial

The TWiP professors solve the case of the Woman With Intracellular Ring Forms, and explore the role of Coxiella and Rickettsia endosymbionts in acquisition of Babesia by ticks.

Tag: endosymbiont

TWiP 184: The hunter gets captured by the game

TWiP 164: Surf n’ perf

TWiP 157: What a long, strange TWiP it’s been

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