TWiP 61: Some creep crept into the crypt and crapped
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 Tr...
15 Okt 20131h 14min
TWiP 60: Urine a game of cat and mouse
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson discuss how infection with Toxoplasma gondii causes mice to lose their aversion to cat urine, even after the parasites have been cl...
25 Sep 20131h 10min
TWiP 59: Apicomplexity
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 mal...
9 Sep 20131h 23min
TWiP 58: People, parasites, and plowshares
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Guest: Cali Despommier Vincent and Dickson update the multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, and Dickson reads a chapter from his new book. Links for t...
9 Aug 20131h 34min
TWiP 57: An outbreak of cyclosporiasis
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson review a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis caused by the single-celled coccidian parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis. The day afte...
20 Jul 20131h 16min
TWiP 56: Whirling disease
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson discuss Myxobolus cerebralis, the parasite that causes whirling disease of salmonids. Links for this episode: Myxobolus cerebralis...
3 Jul 20131h 33min
TWiP 55: A ladybird's weapon
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson reveal how invasive harlequin ladybirds use biological weapons against their competitors. Links for this episode: Invasive Harlequ...
15 Jun 20131h 13min
TWiP 54: Unde venis?
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson consider a case history of a young man with Blastocystis hominis - is it causing his disease? Links for this episode: Blastocystis...
23 Mai 20131h 26min
