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TWiP 140: Blasting Blastocystis

  • October 17, 2017
  • Tagged as: anaerobic, blast, Blastocystis, eosinophilia, eukaryote, genome, parasite, parasitism, stramenopile

The triple TWiP solve the case of the Peace Corp Veteran with Eosinophilia, and discuss the genome sequence of the hyper-prevalent parasitic eukaryote Blastocystis.

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TWiP 129: Human kindness, river blindness

  • March 15, 2017
  • Tagged as: autoimmunity, black fly, eosinophilia, Haycocknema perplexum, ivermectin, nodding syndrome, onchocerca volvulus, onchocerciasis, parasite, parasitism, river blindness
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The TWiP Masters solve the case of the Australian Wildlife Carer, and review evidence that nodding syndrome may be caused by an autoimmune reaction to the parasitic worm that causes river blindness.

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TWiP 128: It’s over 9000!

  • March 4, 2017
  • Tagged as: case study, collagen, eosinophilia, helminth, nurse cell, parasite, parasitism, Strongyloides stercoralis, Trichinella
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The TWiPerati solve the case of the Man Who Sat in Feces, and discuss a study on how Dickson’s favorite parasite induces the formation of a collagen capsule.

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TWiP 119: A kinder and gentler case

  • October 25, 2016
  • Tagged as: Dientamoeba fragilis, eosinophilia, genome, HIV-1, infection, integrase, integration, parasite, parasitism, reverse transcriptase, Schistosoma mansoni
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Vincent and Daniel solve the case of the Family with Eosinophilia, and discuss HIV-1 infection and genome integration in the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni.

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