This Week in Parasitism

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin The doctors TWiP solve the case of the Woman with White Worms, and explain the role of a secreted growth factor from a carcinogenic pa...

23 Jan 20161h 51min

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin The TWiP trifecta solves the case of the Woman from Bolivia with Belly Pain, and discuss a method for population modification of malar...

9 Jan 20161h 53min

The TWiP trifecta solves the case of the Professor Who Went to Brazil, and discuss an amazing case of a tapeworm that turned into a tumor in an AIDS patient. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despomm...

5 Des 20151h 39min

The TWiP-lets reveal Balamuthia infection in the Children from Peru, and discuss resistance to pyrethroids revealed by RNA sequencing of Anopheles mosquitoes. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despom...

31 Okt 20151h 37min

The paratenic hosts reveal a case of scabies in the Traveling Salesman, and discuss a role for natural antibody in protection from infection with Plasmodium. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despomm...

17 Okt 20151h 26min

The TWiPanosomes solve the case about the Young Woman who Went to Belize, and relate how sandfly saliva skews the immune response and increases risk of cutaneous leishmaniasis. Hosts: Vincent Racaniel...

3 Okt 20151h 43min

Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel solve the case about the 33 year old Chinese male with watery diarrhea, and discuss whether arsenic in drinking water might lead to treatment failures for Leishmania infec...

19 Sep 20151h 44min

Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel solve the case about the man from El Salvador, discuss the use of tyrosine kinase inhibitors to treat onchocerciasis and filariasis. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Des...

5 Sep 20151h 41min