This Week in Parasitism

Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of the obligate intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii with a consideration of the clinical consequences of infection and pathogenesis. Host links: Vin...

15 Heinä 20101h 24min

Vincent and Dickson introduce the obligate intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, one of the most successful parasites on earth. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for thi...

18 Kesä 20101h 37min

Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of malaria, with emphasis on clinical aspects of the disease. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode: The quest f...

2 Kesä 20101h 27min

Vincent and Dickson trace the life cycle of Plasmodium in a mosquito and in a human host. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode: Mosquito cycle - sporogany (jpg...

20 Touko 20101h 25min

Vincent and Dickson move on to protozoan parasites with a discussion of the early history of malaria. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode: Malaria history at ...

6 Touko 20101h 22min

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...

22 Huhti 20101h 23min

Vincent and Dickson continue their discourse on tapeworms, covering the fish and dog varieties. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode: FAT the enemy that is sho...

9 Huhti 20101h 36min

Vincent and Dick talk about the anatomy and life cycle of beef and pork tapeworms, and why House was wrong about neurocysticercosis. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for thi...

25 Maalis 20101h 41min