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TWiP 50: Antagonism in the mosquito midgut

  • February 16, 2013
  • Tagged as: complement, factor H, lysis, malaria, mosquito, parasite, parasitism, Plasmodium

Vincent and Dickson reveal how malaria parasites avoid lysis by complement in the mosquito.

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TWiP 35: Malaria control with David Fidock

  • January 13, 2012
  • Tagged as: artemisinin, chloroquine, drug resistance, malaria, parasite, parasitism, Plasmodium

Vincent and Dickson discuss control of malaria with their Columbia University colleague David Fidock.

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TWiP 34: Up against the Wolbachia

  • December 13, 2011
  • Tagged as: aedes aegypti, Anopheles, filaria, malaria, mosquito, parasite, parasitism, Plasmodium, symbiosis, wolbachia

Vincent and Dickson discuss control of malaria and filariasis with the bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia.

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TWiP 33: Hide and seek

  • November 24, 2011
  • Tagged as: antigen, Brugia, epitope, molecular mimicry, parasite, parasitism, Plasmodium, schistosome

Vincent and Dickson review an in silico pipeline for identifying molecular mimicry candidate proteins in the genomes of parasites, and catch up on listener email.

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TWiP 10: Plasmodium life cycle

  • May 19, 2010
  • Tagged as: life cycle, malaria, parasite, parasitism, Plasmodium

Vincent and Dickson trace the life cycle of Plasmodium in a mosquito and in a human host.

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TWiP 9: Mala aria

  • May 6, 2010
  • Tagged as: malaria, parasite, parasitism, Plasmodium, protozoa

Vincent and Dickson move on to protozoan parasites with a discussion of the early history of malaria.

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