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TWiP 206: Bacteria protect mosquitoes from parasites

  • May 30, 2022
  • Tagged as: gut microbiota, lymphatic filariasis, malaria, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, tryptophan metabolism, Wuchereria bancrofti

The TWiP team solves the case of the Ghanian Women With Leg Swelling, and relate how Anopheline mosquitoes are protected against parasite infection by tryptophan catabolism in gut microbiota.

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TWiP 94: Loa hanging fruit

  • September 5, 2015
  • Tagged as: Brugia malayi, c-abl, eukaryote, filaria, filariasis, Gleevac, imatinib, loa loa, lymphatic filariasis, macrofilaricide, microfilaricide, onchocerciasis, parasite, parasitism, tyrosine kinase, Wuchereria bancrofti

Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel solve the case about the man from El Salvador, and discuss the use of tyrosine kinase inhibitors to treat onchocerciasis and filariasis.

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TWiP 84: Bigfoot

  • February 28, 2015
  • Tagged as: lymphatic filariasis, malaria, nanobody, P. vivax, parasite, parasitism, single domain antibody, symbiont, trypanolytic, trypanosome, Wuchereria bancroftii

Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel consider the delivery of anti-trypanosome nanobodies to the tsetse fly via a bacterial symbiont, and present a new case study.

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TWiP 25: Wuchereria bancrofti

  • April 27, 2011
  • Tagged as: elephantiasis, lymphatic filariasis, parasite, parasitism, Wucheria bancrofti

Vincent and Dickson review Wuchereria bancrofti, the nematode that causes lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis.

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