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TWiP 252: For malaria vaccine, mosquito is the needle

  • February 10, 2025
  • Tagged as: late liver stage, live attenuated vaccine, malaria, malaria vaccine, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, Plasmodium falciparum

TWiP discusses a study of the safety and immunogenicity of a late liver-stage attenuated malaria parasite delivered by mosquito bite. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula  Click arrow to playDownload TWiP #252 (78 MB…

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TWiP 199: Chagas kisses Cruzi and Brucei bites

  • October 12, 2021
  • Tagged as: African trypanosomiasis, lesion, malaria vaccine, Mosquirix, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, Plasmodium falciparum, RTSS/AS01, trypanosome, Winterbottom sign

The TWiP team solves the case of the Traveler to Tanzania with a Purple Lesion, and discuss Mosquirix, the first vaccine approved for Plasmodium parasites.

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TWiP 195: Shocking diseases in attractive NY accents

  • May 31, 2021
  • Tagged as: canine hookworm, circumsporozoite protein, cutaneous larva migrans, malaria vaccine, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, virus like particle

Christina returns to the TWiP trifecta to solve the case of the Beachgoer with Red Lines on Her foot, and an experimental malaria vaccine based on the junctional region of the circumsporozoite protein displayed on a virus-like particle.

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TWiP 175: None alone pathognomonic

  • September 4, 2019
  • Tagged as: erythrocyte invasion, Kala Azar, Leishmania donovani, leishmaniasis, malaria, malaria vaccine, neutralizing antibodies, non-neutralizing antibodies, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, PfRH5, sandfly, Sudan

The TWiP’ers solve the case of the Sudanese Boy With Fever, and reveal antibodies that slow invasion of red blood cells potentiate other malaria-blocking antibodies

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Christina Naula, Ph.D.


Daniel Griffin, M.D.,

Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D.


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