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TWiP 42: The tick keeps on ticking

TWiP 42: The tick keeps on ticking

FromThis Week in Parasitism


TWiP 42: The tick keeps on ticking

FromThis Week in Parasitism

ratings:
Length:
75 minutes
Released:
Aug 10, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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.
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

Contact
Send your questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twip@twiv.tv.
Released:
Aug 10, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

TWiP is a monthly netcast about eukaryotic parasites. Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier, science Professors from Columbia University, deconstruct parasites, how they cause illness, and how you can prevent infections.