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TWiP 61: Some creep crept into the crypt and crapped

TWiP 61: Some creep crept into the crypt and crapped

FromThis Week in Parasitism


TWiP 61: Some creep crept into the crypt and crapped

FromThis Week in Parasitism

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Length:
75 minutes
Released:
Oct 15, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Vincent and Dickson review examples of paleoparasitology, the detection of parasites in archaeological material.
Links for this episode:

T. rex had Trichomonas (PLoS One)
King Richard III had worms (CNN)
Discovery of toilets in Japan (Mem Inst Os Cruz)
Paleoparasitology in the Old World (Mem Inst Os Cruz)
Soils from Seoul (J Arachael Sci)
Ancient parasite infections in Old World (pdf)
Ascaris in coprolites (Mem Inst Os Cruz)
Human intestinal parasites in the past (Mem Inst Os Cruz)
Letters read on TWiP 61

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Released:
Oct 15, 2013
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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.