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TWiP 139: Eggsactly, ova and ova

  • September 21, 2017
  • Tagged as: Baylisascaris procyonis, granuloma formation, iNOS, mitochondria, nitric oxide, nitric oxide synthase, Norway rat, ocular larva migrans, parasite, parasitism, rat, Schistosoma japonicum, schistosomiasis

The TWiPwalas solve the case of the Woman with a Worm in Her Eye, and discuss the role of nitric oxide in the resistance of rats to Schistosoma japonicum.

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TWiP 138: Telmophages and the skin parasite landscape

  • September 6, 2017
  • Tagged as: hair lice, infectiousness, leishmania, nit, parasite, parasitism, Pediculus humanus capitis, sandfly, skin, skin parasite landscape, solenophage, telmophage
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The TWiPsters solve the case of the Child from DR with Poppy Seed Sized Things On His Head Hair Shafts, and reveal how the skin parasite landscape determines the infectiousness of Leishmania.

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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
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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 136: Daniel throws a softball

  • July 11, 2017
  • Tagged as: Carter center, dracunculiasis, Dracunculus medinensis, eradication, Guinea worm, inducible nitric oxide synthase, inflammatory monocytes, iNOS, leishmania, monocytes, parasite, parasitism, reactive oxygen species, sand fly
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The TWiP Titans solve the case of the Man from Queens with a Blister Burster, and explain the role of inflammatory monocytes during Leishmania infection of the skin.

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TWiP 135: Embryonated eggs of wisdom

  • June 20, 2017
  • Tagged as: cercariae, CTLA4, Giardia, granulomatous hyperreactivity, hepatic fibrosis, parasite, parasitism, Schistosoma mansoni, single sex infection, Th2, Treg
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Dickson returns to the TWiP hosts to solve the case of the Woman from Colorado With Loose Stools, and explain how single-sex infection with female Schistosoma mansoni reduces hepatic fibrosis.

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TWiP 134: Does toxoplasma make you sexy?

  • May 24, 2017
  • Tagged as: Ascariasis, Ascaris, behavior alteration, brain and behavior impairment, fatal attraction, parasite, parasitism, sexual attraction, Stronglyoidiasis, Strongyloides, toxoplasma gondii
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Daniel and Vincent solve the case of the Haitian Girl Who Failed To Thrive, and visit two studies that address the question of whether infection with Toxoplasma gondii alters human behavior.

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TWiP 133: Tape test

  • May 13, 2017
  • Tagged as: apicomplexa, clathrin, endosome, microneme, parasite, parasitism, parasitophorus vacuole, rab protein, rhoptry, secretory organelle, toxoplasma gondii, trans Golgi network
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Daniel and Vincent solve the case of the Woman With Anal Area Discomfort, and discuss the multiple functions of a clathrin adapter protein in formation of rhoptry and microneme secretory organelles of Toxoplasma gondii.

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TWiP 132: Salted crab som tum

  • April 29, 2017
  • Tagged as: case study, glycosome, in silico screen, paragonimiasis, paragonimus, parasite, parasitism, PEX14, PEX5, salted crab, som tum, Trypanosoma, trypanosomiasis
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The TWiP-tastic peeps solve the case of the Thai Man Coughing Up Blood, and reveal potential therapies for trypanosomiasis that are inhibitors of protein import into glycosomes.

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TWiP 131: Entomophagy

  • April 15, 2017
  • Tagged as: arachnid, arthropod, babesia, babesiosis, Loxoceles, parasite, parasitism, recluse spider, warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia
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Jonathan from the podcast Arthro-Pod joins the TWiPerati to solve the case of the Peruvian Woman With Inguinal Insect Bite, and discuss warm autoimmune hemolytic anemic that develops after babesiosis.

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TWiP 130: Paige Turner

  • April 1, 2017
  • Tagged as: AIDS, ESCRT, exosomes, parasite, parasitism, social motility, spliced leader RNA, trans splicing, Trypanosoma brucei
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The TWiPniks solve the case of the Man With AIDS, and explore how secretion of extracellular vesicles influences the social motility of Trypanosoma brucei.

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