Tag: toxoplasma

This Week in Parasitism

TWiP 237: Pass the venison, deer with Marilyn Fabbri

June 21, 2024
Tagged as: boar, deer, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, toxoplasma, Trichinella, venison

Marilyn Fabbri joins TWiP to reveal the case of a patient who became very ill after he and a number of friends attended a large dinner where venison and boar were served.

Episodes

TWiP 201: Tiny and hairy

December 7, 2021
Tagged as: animal reservoir, disease eradication, leishmania, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, Phlebotomus, ring enhancing lesions, sandfly, toxoplasma, toxoplasmosis

The TWiP team solves the case of the Man with a Cat and Ring Enhancing Lesions, and discuss domestic mammals as reservoirs for Leishmania donovani on the Indian subcontinent.