by Vincent Racaniello
on August 12, 2010
Vincent and Dickson consider the life cycle and pathogenesis of the protozoan parasite Leishmania .
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L. braziliensis life cycle (jpg )L. donovani life cycle (jpg )L. tropica life cycle (jpg )L. major lesion (jpg )Transgenic mosquito delivers Leishmania vaccine (thanks, Geoffrey)
Plasmodium falciparum accompanied human expansion out of Africa (thanks, Prasad)Who speaks for the guinea worm ? (thanks, Michael)
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Updated on Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 02:35
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by Vincent Racaniello
on July 14, 2010
Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of the obligate intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii with a consideration of the clinical consequences of infection and pathogenesis.
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fish parasites (thanks, Kevin!)Farmscraper on Word Spy (thanks, Mitchell!)Toxoplasma and personalities (thanks, Greg!)
Science podcast (July 2) on parasites and intelligence (transcript - thanks, Jim!)Letters read on TWiP 13 Contact
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Updated on Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 11:10
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by Vincent Racaniello
on June 17, 2010
Vincent and Dickson introduce the obligate intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii , one of the most successful parasites on earth.
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PLoS Medicine )T. gondii sporulated oocysts (jpg )T. gondii tachyzoites in parasitophorous vacuole (jpg ) T. gondii life cycle (jpg )Insect bioterrorism conference (thanks, Don!)Parasite of the Day (thanks, Douglas!)World Science Festival Letters read on TWiP 12 Contact
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Updated on Friday, June 18, 2010 @ 02:13
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by Vincent Racaniello
on June 02, 2010
Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of malaria, with emphasis on clinical aspects of the disease.
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Updated on Wednesday, June 02, 2010 @ 18:06
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by Vincent Racaniello
on May 19, 2010
Vincent and Dickson trace the life cycle of Plasmodium in a mosquito and in a human host.
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Updated on Thursday, May 20, 2010 @ 02:17
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by Vincent Racaniello
on May 06, 2010
Vincent and Dickson move on to protozoan parasites with a discussion of the early history of malaria.
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Updated on Thursday, May 06, 2010 @ 02:34
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by Vincent Racaniello
on April 22, 2010
Dickson reads his story about sparganosis caused by the diphyllobothroid tapeworm Spirometra mansonoides .
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Updated on Thursday, April 22, 2010 @ 17:09
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by Vincent Racaniello
on April 09, 2010
Vincent and Dickson continue their discourse on tapeworms, covering the fish and dog varieties.
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FAT the enemy that is shortening your life is BANISHED. How? With sanitized tapeworms. Easy to swallow! (jpg ).
D. latum life cycle (jpg )D. latum adult (jpg )Diphyllobothrim proglottid (jpg )Diphyllobothrim bothria (jpg )Coracidium hatching from egg (jpg )
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by Vincent Racaniello
on March 25, 2010
Vincent and Dick talk about the anatomy and life cycle of beef and pork tapeworms, and why House was wrong about neurocysticercosis.
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Taenia saginata life cycle (jpg) Taenia saginata adult (jpg) Taenia saginata scolex (jpg) Taenia saginata gravid proglottid (jpg) Taenia solium life cycle (jpg) Taenia solium adult (jpg) Taenia solium scolex (jpg) Facial cancer in Tasmanian devils (thanks PhogDog!)
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Updated on Thursday, March 25, 2010 @ 17:31
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by Vincent Racaniello
on March 04, 2010
Vincent and Dick discuss the nurse cell, a unique structure formed in the host muscle by Trichinella species.
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