The case of the Man from Assam is solved, and phagocytosis of Leishmania by B-1 cells is brought to you by the Three Twipeteers on this episode of TWiP.
TWiP 96: Salivary pharmacopeia
- October 3, 2015
- Tagged as: Ankylostoma braziliense, Belize, cutaneous, cutaneous larva migrans, foxp3, IL10, immune response, leishmania, leishmaniasis, parasite, parasitism, saliva, sandfly, Th1, Th2, Treg, vector
The TWiPanosomes solve the case about the Young Woman who Went to Belize, and relate how sandfly saliva skews the immune response and increases risk of cutaneous leishmaniasis.
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel solve the case about the 33 year old Chinese male with watery diarrhea, and discuss whether arsenic in drinking water might lead to treatment failures for Leishmania infections.
TWiP 79: Across the river and into the trees
- November 22, 2014
- Tagged as: bacteria, infection, leishmania, Malaysia, microbiome, parasite, parasitism, Plasmodium knowlesi, sandfly
Vincent and Dickson discuss the spread of P. knowlesi in Malaysia, and how Leishmania parasites protect the sandfly gut from bacterial infection.
TWiP 53: Anti-saliva immunity
- April 20, 2013
- Tagged as: Dickson Despommier, leishmania, leishmaniasis, Lutzomyia longipalpis, parasite, parasitism, saliva, sandfly, twip
Vincent and Dickson discuss the finding that immunity to a sandfly salivary protein protects against fatal visceral leishmaniasis in hamsters.
TWiP 42: The tick keeps on ticking
- August 10, 2012
- Tagged as: email, ivermectin, leishmania, liver fluke, loa loa, parasite, parasitism, tapework, tick, toxoplasmosis, twip, vector
Vincent and Dickson answer listener emails about Leishmania, dual infection of vectors, tapeworms, liver flukes, toxoplasmosis, and much more.
TWiP 14: Leishmania
- August 12, 2010
- Tagged as: Dick Despommier, leishmania, parasite, parasites, parasitism, protozoa, twip, Vincent Racaniello
Vincent and Dickson consider the life cycle and pathogenesis of the protozoan parasite Leishmania.
