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TWiP 253: Sub-Saharan somnolence

February 22, 2025
Tagged as: extra erythrocytic, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, somnolence, tsetse fly

TWiP solves the case of the man with somnolence and something extra-erythrocytic, and presents a new puzzle for you to solve. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula Click arrow to playDownload TWiP #253 (89…

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TWiP 215: A mobile piece of spaghetti

March 30, 2023
Tagged as: Ascaris lumbricoides, gallbladder, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, schistosomiasis, tsetse fly, volatile sex attractant

TWiP solves the case of the case of the boy in Uganda with a mobile piece of spaghetti in the gallbladder, and reviews papers on female genital schistosomiasis in rural Madagascar, and a volatile sex attractant of tsetse flies. Image of Ascaris courtesy of Ryan Relich.

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TWiP 164: Surf n’ perf

January 12, 2019
Tagged as: endosymbiont, leishmaniasis, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, Sodalis glossinidius, symbiosis, Trypanosoma brucei, tsetse fly, Wigglesworthia, Wigglesworthia glossinidia

The TWiP legends solve the case of Surfer Sans Septum, and discuss how two symbiotic bacteria in the tsetse fly might allow colonization with Trypanosoma brucei.

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TWiP 253: Sub-Saharan somnolence

TWiP 215: A mobile piece of spaghetti

TWiP 164: Surf n’ perf

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