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TWiP 26: The schistosomes

  • May 26, 2011
  • Tagged as: cercaria, despommier, life cycle, parasite, parasitism, podcast, racaniello, s haematobium, s japonicum, S. mansoni, schistosome, twip

Vincent and Dickson take on the schistosomes, agents of a series of related diseases in humans referred to as schistosomiasis.

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TWiP 24: Onchocerca volvulus, a vector-borne, filarial nematode

  • March 31, 2011
  • Tagged as: filaria, ivermectin, nematode, onchocerca volvulus, parasite, parasitism, podcast, river blindness, twip

Vincent and Dickson discuss the life cycle and pathogenesis of Onchocerca volvulus, the vector-borne filarial nematode parasite that causes onchocerciasis, or river blindness.

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TWiP 23: Strongyloides sterocoralis, a most unusual parasite

  • March 3, 2011
  • Tagged as: parasites, Strongyloides sterocoralis, twip

Vincent and Dickson review the life cycle and pathogenesis of the world’s most unusual parasite, Strongyloides stercoralis.

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TWiP 18: Cryptosporidium

  • October 25, 2010
  • Tagged as: cryptosporidium, diarrhear, meront, parasite, parasitism, podcast, twip

Vincent and Dickson discuss the intracellular parasite Cryptosporidium, which causes diarrheal disease in most mammalian species.

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TWiP 14: Leishmania

  • August 12, 2010
  • Tagged as: Dick Despommier, leishmania, parasite, parasites, parasitism, protozoa, twip, Vincent Racaniello

Vincent and Dickson consider the life cycle and pathogenesis of the protozoan parasite Leishmania.

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