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TWiP 60: Urine a game of cat and mouse

TWiP 60: Urine a game of cat and mouse

FromThis Week in Parasitism


TWiP 60: Urine a game of cat and mouse

FromThis Week in Parasitism

ratings:
Length:
70 minutes
Released:
Sep 25, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Vincent and Dickson discuss how infection with Toxoplasma gondii causes mice to lose their aversion to cat urine, even after the parasites have been cleared.
Links for this episode:

T. gondii in mice causes loss of aversion to cat urine (PLoS One)
Cyclosporiasis update (CDC)
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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.