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TWiP 153: Ars longa, vita brevis

  • June 12, 2018
  • Tagged as: caspase, dysentery, Entamoeba histolytica, IL-1beta, inflammasome, Leishmania donovani, leishmaniasis, microbiome, neutrophil, parasite, parasitism, sand fly

Vincent and Daniel solve the case of the Panamanian Farmer with Three Weeks of Diarrhea, and discuss how microbes egested during bites of sand flies exacerbate the severity of 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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Christina Naula, Ph.D.


Daniel Griffin, M.D.,

Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D.


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