Host: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Vincent and Dickson review the biology and pathogenesis of Ascaris lumbricoides, one of the largest nematodes to infect humans.
Download TWiP #21 (66 MB .mp3, 92 minutes)
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- Ascaris lumbricoides adult female (top) and male (jpg)
- Ascaris lumbricoides life cycle (jpg)
- Child with distended abdomen due to Ascaris (jpg)
- Adult Ascaris removed from child in previous figure (jpg)
- Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati life cycle (jpg)
- Letters read on TWiP 21
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“Collected from one rural village in Bangladesh in a single day…”
Yikes! Unfortunately I can’t unsee this.