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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.

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TWiP 163: Trout and parasites

  • December 29, 2018
  • Tagged as: bony fish, halzoun, Ich, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, IgT, immunoglobulins, NALT, nasal-associated lymphoid tissue, olfactory organ, Oncorhynchus mykiss, parasite, parasitism, raw meat, toxoplasma gondii, toxoplasmosis, trout

The doctors of awesome solve the case of the Woman Who Visited Lebanon, and reveal that immunoglobulins protect the olfactory organ of trout against infection with the Ich parasite.

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TWiP 113: Flying pigs

  • July 23, 2016
  • Tagged as: Eimeria tenella, neurocystercercosis, parasite, parasitism, pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, toxoplasma, toxoplasmosis, transgenic, vaccine
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The TWiP ternion solve the case of the Man from Mexico, and discuss a transgenic toxoplasma vaccine for chickens using Eimeria tenella.

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TWiP 42: The tick keeps on ticking

  • August 10, 2012
  • Tagged as: email, ivermectin, leishmania, liver fluke, loa loa, parasite, parasitism, tapework, tick, toxoplasmosis, twip, vector

Vincent and Dickson answer listener emails about Leishmania, dual infection of vectors, tapeworms, liver flukes, toxoplasmosis, and much more.

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