TWiP 62: More bats out of hell
- October 31, 2013
- Tagged as: bat, Gabon, hookworm, malaria, parasite, parasitism, vaccine
Vincent and Dickson discuss the high diversity of malaria parasites in West African bats, and a vaccine against hookworm.
Vincent and Dickson discuss the high diversity of malaria parasites in West African bats, and a vaccine against hookworm.
Vincent and Dickson review examples of paleoparasitology, the detection of parasites in archaeological material.
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.
Vincent and Dickson update the multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, and Dickson reads a chapter from his new book.
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
Vincent and Dickson reveal how invasive harlequin ladybirds use biological weapons against their competitors.
Vincent and Dickson consider a case history of a young man with Blastocystis hominis – is it causing his disease?
Vincent and Dickson discuss the finding that immunity to a sandfly salivary protein protects against fatal visceral leishmaniasis in hamsters.