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.
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 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.
TWiP 76: Herpesvirus worms its way out
- September 2, 2014
- Tagged as: cytokine, gamma herpesvirus, gamma interferon, H. polygyrus, helminth, IL4, latency, parasite, parasitism, S. mansoni, TH2 response
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.
TWiP 74: Nature has all the answers, what is your question?
- July 4, 2014
- Tagged as: antigen, egress, malaria, parasite, parasitism, Plasmodium falciparum, red blood cell, schizont, vaccine
Vincent and Dickson review a novel malaria vaccine candidate comprising a parasite protein involved in egress from red blood cells.
TWiP 73: I’m nibbling my way back to you
- June 12, 2014
- Tagged as: dysentery, Entamoeba histolytica, parasite, parasitism, trogocytosis
Vincent and Dickson discuss how nibbling of human cells by Entamoeba histolytica, a process called amoebic trogocytosis, contributes to cell killing and tissue invasion.
TWiP 72: Wormholes
- May 24, 2014
- Tagged as: Brugia, helminth, host manipulation, parasite, parasitism, protease, schistosomes, Strongyloides, Trichinella
Vincent and Dickson discuss five ways that helminths manipulate host tissues to survive.
