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TWiP 15: Tryp the light fantastic

Vincent and Dickson discuss the life cycle and pathogenesis of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma.

Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Links for this episode:

• Metacyclic trypanomastigote (jpg)
• Tsetse fly (jpg)
• T. brucei life cycle (jpg)
• T. brucei parasitemia (jpg)
• Kissing bug nymph (jpg)
• T. cruzi life cycle (jpg)
• Letters read on TWiP 15

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TWiP #15 (60 MB .mp3, 87 minutes)