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TWiP #8 - Frog legs and parasite tales
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Length:
83 minutes
Released:
Apr 22, 2010
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Dickson reads his story about sparganosis caused by the diphyllobothroid tapeworm Spirometra mansonoides.
Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Links for this episode:
Spirometra life cycle (jpg)
Dickson on vertical farming (CNN episode on YouTube, thanks Jesse!)
Laboratory identification of parasites (CDC, thanks Michael!)
Gold nanoparticles take out brain parasite (Cosmos Magazine, thanks Gary!)
Letters read on TWiP 8
Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Links for this episode:
Spirometra life cycle (jpg)
Dickson on vertical farming (CNN episode on YouTube, thanks Jesse!)
Laboratory identification of parasites (CDC, thanks Michael!)
Gold nanoparticles take out brain parasite (Cosmos Magazine, thanks Gary!)
Letters read on TWiP 8
Released:
Apr 22, 2010
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
TWiP #21 - The giant intestinal worm, Ascaris lumbricoides: Vincent and Dickson review the biology and pathogenesis of Ascaris lumbricoides, one of the largest nematodes to infect humans. by This Week in Parasitism