Dickson, Daniel and Vincent solve the case of the Ugandan Volunteer With Morning Bites and discuss integration of HIV-1 into the Schistosome genome, with a sprinkling of COVID-19 throughout.
TWiP 176: Blood schmear
- October 9, 2019
- Tagged as: AIDS, babesia, babesiosis, blood smear, CD4+ lymphocyte, HIV-1, Maltese cross, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, schistosome, soluble egg antigen, tick
The TWiPpers of the bite fantastic solve the case of the Indian Man Who Hiked, and discuss the effects of schistosome soluble egg antigen on infection of lymphocytes with HIV-1.
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.
TWiP 99: You get your polar bear from your nana
- December 5, 2015
- Tagged as: AIDS, eukaryote, H. nana, HIV-1, hymenolepis nana, immunosuppression, malignancy, parasite, parasitism, tapeworm, transformation, tumor
The TWiP trifecta solves the case of the Professor Who Went to Brazil, and discuss an amazing case of a tapeworm that turned into a tumor in an AIDS patient.
Christina Naula, Ph.D.
Dickson D.
Despommier, Ph.D.
Daniel Griffin, M.D.,
Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D.