Vincent and Dickson review examples of paleoparasitology, the detection of parasites in archaeological material.
TWiP 60: Urine a game of cat and mouse
- September 25, 2013
- Tagged as: aversion, hard wired, mouse, parasite, parasitism, toxoplasma gondii, urine
Vincent and Dickson discuss how infection with Toxoplasma gondii causes mice to lose their aversion to cat urine, even after the parasites have been cleared.
Vincent and Dickson update the multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, discuss the avian malaria parasite P. lophurae, and review protection against malaria by intravenous immunization with a nonreplicating sporozoite vaccine.
TWiP 58: People, parasites, and plowshares
- August 9, 2013
- Tagged as: cyclospora, cyclosporiasis, parasite, parasitism, plowshares
Vincent and Dickson update the multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, and Dickson reads a chapter from his new book.
TWiP 57: An outbreak of cyclosporiasis
- July 20, 2013
- Tagged as: coccidian, Cyclospora cayetanensis, cyclosporiasis, outbreak, parasite, parasitism
Vincent and Dickson review a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis caused by the single-celled coccidian parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis.
Vincent and Dickson discuss Myxobolus cerebralis, the parasite that causes whirling disease of salmonids
TWiP 55: A ladybird’s weapon
- June 15, 2013
- Tagged as: bioweapons, harlequin, invasive success, ladybird, ladybug, parasite, parasitism
Vincent and Dickson reveal how invasive harlequin ladybirds use biological weapons against their competitors.
TWiP 54: Unde venis?
- May 23, 2013
- Tagged as: Blastocystis hominis, case history, gastroenteritis, parasite, parasitism, twip
Vincent and Dickson consider a case history of a young man with Blastocystis hominis – is it causing his disease?
TWiP 53: Anti-saliva immunity
- April 20, 2013
- Tagged as: Dickson Despommier, leishmania, leishmaniasis, Lutzomyia longipalpis, parasite, parasitism, saliva, sandfly, twip
Vincent and Dickson discuss the finding that immunity to a sandfly salivary protein protects against fatal visceral leishmaniasis in hamsters.
TWiP 52: Not your ordinary unsegmented roundworm
- March 16, 2013
- Tagged as: Dioctophyme renale, dioctophymiasis, parasite, parasitism, roundworm
Vincent and Dickson review the life cycle and pathogenesis of the giant kidney worm, Dioctophyme renale.
