Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel solve last week’s case study, present a new one, and reveal how secreted proteins from a helminth prevent diabetes in mice.
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel provide the solution to last week’s case study, present a new one, and discuss how immune suppression by nematodes increases tuberculosis fatality in African buffalo.
Vincent and Dickson welcome new TWiP host Daniel Griffin to discuss the association of a new Mycoplasma with trichomoniasis, and to introduce a new feature to the show, a case study.
Vincent and Dickson discuss the spread of P. knowlesi in Malaysia, and how Leishmania parasites protect the sandfly gut from bacterial infection.
TWiP 78: Eau de rodent
- October 29, 2014
- Tagged as: attraction, host, malaria, odors, parasite, parasitism, Plasmodium, rodent, scents
Vincent and Dickson discuss how malaria parasites induce odors in their rodent hosts that attract mosquitoes.
TWiP 77: Mixed messages
- September 19, 2014
- Tagged as: Arabidopsis, Cuscuta, dodder, fungus, haustoria, parasite, parasitism, plant, tomato
Vincent and Dickson discuss the exchange of messenger RNAs between a parasitic plant and its hosts.
Vincent and Dickson discuss how infection of mice with helminths induces cytokines that reactivate a latent gamma-herpesvirus.
Bobbi Pritt joins Vincent and Dickson to talk about directing a clinical parasitology laboratory and her weekly case reports at Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites.
Vincent and Dickson review a novel malaria vaccine candidate comprising a parasite protein involved in egress from red blood cells.
Vincent and Dickson discuss how nibbling of human cells by Entamoeba histolytica, a process called amoebic trogocytosis, contributes to cell killing and tissue invasion.