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TWiP 59: Apicomplexity

TWiP 59: Apicomplexity

FromThis Week in Parasitism


TWiP 59: Apicomplexity

FromThis Week in Parasitism

ratings:
Length:
84 minutes
Released:
Sep 9, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Vincent and Dickson update the multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, discuss the avian malaria parasite P. lophurae, and review protection against malaria by intravenous immunization with a nonreplicating sporozoite vaccine.
Links for this episode:

Cyclosporiasis outbreak in US (CDC)
Extraordinary history of REV (PLoS Biology)
Avian malaria (Ann NY Acad Sci)
P. lophurae (J Parasitol)
TWiP infects TWiV (TWiV 248)
Intravenous malaria vaccine (Science)
Unconventional malaria vaccine (Science)
Image of apicomplexan structure: Wikipedia
Letters read on TWiP 59

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Released:
Sep 9, 2013
Format:
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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.