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TWiP 99: You get your polar bear from your nana

  • December 5, 2015
  • Tagged as: AIDS, eukaryote, H. nana, HIV-1, hymenolepis nana, immunosuppression, malignancy, parasite, parasitism, tapeworm, transformation, tumor
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The TWiP trifecta solves the case of the Professor Who Went to Brazil, and discuss an amazing case of a tapeworm that turned into a tumor in an AIDS patient.

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TWiP 89: Day TWiPers

  • May 16, 2015
  • Tagged as: cysticercosis, neurocysticercosis, parasite, parasitism, Taenia solium, tapeworm
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Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel reveal last week’s case study and introduce a new one concerning a patient who traveled to Belize.

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TWiP 8: Frog legs and parasite tales

  • April 22, 2010
  • Tagged as: diphyllobothroid, parasite, parasitism, sparganosis, Spirometra mansonoides, tapeworm

Dickson reads his story about sparganosis caused by the diphyllobothroid tapeworm Spirometra mansonoides.

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TWiP 7: Tapeworms are fantastic!

  • April 9, 2010
  • Tagged as: dog, fish, parasite, parasitism, tapeworm

Vincent and Dickson continue their discourse on tapeworms, covering the fish and dog varieties.

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TWiP 6: Tapeworms, the long and short of it

  • March 25, 2010
  • Tagged as: beef, house, neurocysticercosis, parasite, parasitism, pork, tapeworm, tapeworms

Vincent and Dick talk about the anatomy and life cycle of beef and pork tapeworms, and why House was wrong about neurocysticercosis.

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