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TWiP 42: The tick keeps on ticking

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

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

Right-click to download TWiP #42 (90 MB .mp3, 75 minutes).

Links for this episode:

• Metabolic pathways required by Leishmania (Ann Rev Micro)
• Tapeworms in people's brains (Carl Zimmer)
• Poison Ivy
• Bovine tuberculosis disguised by liver fluke (Nature)
• Giant kidney worm (YouTube)
• Crowd-sourced games for telepathology
• Ivermectin for alcohol abuse
• Ivermectin and alcohol abuse in mice (Neuropharm)
• Etymology of Loa
• Worm removed from man's eye (BBC)
• Ticks keep on ticking (PLoS One article)
• Letters read on TWiP 42

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