This Week in Parasitism

By Vincent RacanielloScience Life Sciences

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This Week in Parasitism episodes

November 20, 2010TWiP #19 - Enterobius vermicularis, the pinworm
Vincent and Dickson move on to nematodes with a discussion of the pinworm Enterobius vermicularis.

Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
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Enterobius vermicularis adult female (jpg)

Enterobius vermicularis in appendix (jpg)

Enterobius vermicularis embryonated eggs (jpg)

Enterobius vermicularis life cycle (jpg)

Letters read on TWiP 19

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1 hr 23 min
October 27, 2010TWiP #18 - Cryptosporidium
Vincent and Dickson discuss the intracellular parasite Cryptosporidium, which causes diarrheal disease in most mammalian species.

Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
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Cryptosporidium parvum electron micrograph (jpg)

Cryptosporidium parvum meronts (jpg)

Cryptosporidium parvum life cycle (jpg)

Cryptosporidium page at CDC

Letters read on TWiP 18

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1 hr 21 min
October 06, 2010TWiP #17 - Entamoeba histolytica
Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of protozoan parasites that cause diarrhea with a review of amebic dysentery caused by Entamoeba histolytica.

Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
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Entamoeba histolytica cyst (jpg)

Entamoeba histolytica trophozoite (jpg)

Entamoeba histolytica life cycle (jpg)

Galactose prevents attachment of amoebae to cells (jpg)

Entamoeba histolytica life cycle (jpg)

Charcot-Leyden crystal (jpg)

Letters read on TWiP 17

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1 hr 17 min
September 24, 2010TWiP #16: Giardia
Vincent and Dickson review the life cycle and pathogenesis of the flagellated protozoan parasite Giardia lamblia.

Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
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Giardia lamblia trophozoite (jpg)

Giardia lamblia cyst (jpg)

Giardia lamblia life cycle (jpg)

Heather's view of T. canis life cycle (pdf)

Letters read on TWiP 16
1 hr 19 min
September 09, 2010 TWiP #15: Tryp the light fantastic
Vincent and Dickson discuss the life cycle and pathogenesis of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma.

Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
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Metacyclic trypanomastigote (jpg)

Tsetse fly (jpg)

T. brucei life cycle (jpg)

T. brucei parasitemia (jpg)

Kissing bug nymph (jpg)

T. cruzi life cycle (jpg)

Letters read on TWiP 15
1 hr 27 min
August 12, 2010 TWiP #14 - Leishmania
Vincent and Dickson consider the life cycle and pathogenesis of the protozoan parasite Leishmania.

Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
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L. braziliensis life cycle (jpg)

L. donovani life cycle (jpg)

L. tropica life cycle (jpg)

L. major lesion (jpg)

Transgenic mosquito delivers Leishmania vaccine (thanks, Geoffrey)

Plasmodium falciparum accompanied human expansion out of Africa (thanks, Prasad)

Who speaks for the guinea worm? (thanks, Michael)

Letters read on TWiP 14
1 hr 25 min
July 15, 2010 TWiP #13 - Toxoplasmosis
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: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Links for this episode:

Isopod fish parasites (thanks, Kevin!)

Farmscraper on Word Spy (thanks, Mitchell!)

Toxoplasma and personalities (thanks, Greg!)

Science podcast (July 2) on parasites and intelligence (transcript - thanks, Jim!)

Letters read on TWiP 13
1 hr 25 min
June 18, 2010 TWiP #12 - Toxoplasma gondii
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 this episode:

Global clinical burden of malaria (PLoS Medicine)

T. gondii sporulated oocysts (jpg)

T. gondii tachyzoites in parasitophorous vacuole (jpg)

T. gondii life cycle (jpg)

Insect bioterrorism conference (thanks, Don!)

Parasite of the Day (thanks, Douglas!)

World Science Festival

Letters read on TWiP 12
1 hr 38 min
June 02, 2010 TWiP #11 - One times three million
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 for a malaria vaccine (Meet the Scientist 49)

Science issue on malaria and tuberculosis

Malaria pathogenesis (pdf)

Malaria pathogenesis (jpg)

Letters read on TWiP 11
1 hr 28 min
May 20, 2010TWiP #10 - Plasmodium life cycle
Vincent and Dickson trace the life cycle of Plasmodium in a mosquito and in a human host.

Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
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Mosquito cycle - sporogany (jpg)

Plasmodium falciparum cycle (jpg)

Plasmodium vivax cycle (jpg)

Plasmodium falciparum ring forms and gametocytes in blood (jpg)

Plasmodium stages (jpg)

Letters read on TWiP 10
1 hr 26 min

About This Week in Parasitism

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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…