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This Week in Parasitism

TWiP 250: Gut bacteria help Trichinella suppress colitis

January 3, 2025
Tagged as: colitis, Crohns, IBD, inflammatory bowel disease, microbiome, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, Trichinella

TWiP reviews a study showing that the gut microbiota is essential for suppression of colitis by Trichinella spiralis. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula Click arrow to playDownload TWiP #250 (75 MB .mp3, 522…

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TWiP 153: Ars longa, vita brevis

June 12, 2018
Tagged as: caspase, dysentery, Entamoeba histolytica, IL-1beta, inflammasome, Leishmania donovani, leishmaniasis, microbiome, neutrophil, parasite, parasitism, sand fly

Vincent and Daniel solve the case of the Panamanian Farmer with Three Weeks of Diarrhea, and discuss how microbes egested during bites of sand flies exacerbate the severity of leishmaniasis.

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TWiP 137: An aberrant encounter

August 12, 2017
Tagged as: cutaneous leishmaniasis, cysticercosis, dysbiosis, inflammation, leishmania, microbiome, parasite, parasitism, pork tapeworm, Taenia solium

The TWiPtoids solve the case of the Man from India with a Neck Lump, and explore the role of a transmissible dysbiotic skin microbiome in inflammation during cutaneous leishmaniasis.

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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.

Tag: microbiome

TWiP 250: Gut bacteria help Trichinella suppress colitis

TWiP 153: Ars longa, vita brevis

TWiP 137: An aberrant encounter

TWiP 79: Across the river and into the trees

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