TWiP solves the case of the Adventurous Eater with Areas of Swelling, and discusses an experimental Trypanosoma vivax vaccine comprising an invariant flagellum antigen.
TWiP 126: A virus walks into a parasite
- February 4, 2017
- Tagged as: dsRNA virus, leishmania, leishmaniasis, leishmaniavirus, parasite, parasitism, T cells, vaccine
The TWiP Trinity solve the case of the Peace Corps volunteer with diarrhea, and reveal how immunizing against a virus ameliorates exacerbated leishmaniasis.
TWiP 125: Third time’s a charm
- January 21, 2017
- Tagged as: Anopheles, malaria, mosquito, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, Plasmodium falciparum, sporozoite, vaccine
The TWiPonderers solve the case of the Timber Worker with Severe Shaking Chills, and describe an experimental malaria vaccine comprising attenuated sporozoites produced by genetic engineering.
The TWiP ternion solve the case of the Man from Mexico, and discuss a transgenic toxoplasma vaccine for chickens using Eimeria tenella.
TWiP 74: Nature has all the answers, what is your question?
- July 4, 2014
- Tagged as: antigen, egress, malaria, parasite, parasitism, Plasmodium falciparum, red blood cell, schizont, vaccine
Vincent and Dickson review a novel malaria vaccine candidate comprising a parasite protein involved in egress from red blood cells.
TWiP 62: More bats out of hell
- October 31, 2013
- Tagged as: bat, Gabon, hookworm, malaria, parasite, parasitism, vaccine
Vincent and Dickson discuss the high diversity of malaria parasites in West African bats, and a vaccine against hookworm.
Vincent and Dickson update the multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, discuss the avian malaria parasite P. lophurae, and review protection against malaria by intravenous immunization with a nonreplicating sporozoite vaccine.
TWiP 48: A parasitic cloaking device
- December 22, 2012
- Tagged as: immune evasion, parasite, parasitism, schistosome, tetraspanin, vaccine
Vincent, Dickson, and Yosef discuss tetraspanins on the surface of schistosomes as vaccine candidates and immune evasion proteins.
TWiP 31 – A malaria vaccine
- October 21, 2011
- Tagged as: circumsporozoite, malaria, parasite, parasitism, twip, vaccine
Vincent and Dickson discuss the promising results of a phase III trial of a malaria vaccine in African children.