This Week in Parasitism

TWiP 42: The tick keeps on ticking


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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Vincent and Dickson answer listener emails about Leishmania, dual infection of vectors, tapeworms, liver flukes, toxoplasmosis, and much more.

Links for this episode:
  • Metabolic pathways required by Leishmania (Ann Rev Micro)
  • Tapeworms in people's brains (Carl Zimmer)
  • Poison Ivy
  • Bovine tuberculosis disguised by liver fluke (Nature)
  • Giant kidney worm (YouTube)
  • Crowd-sourced games for telepathology
  • Ivermectin for alcohol abuse
  • Ivermectin and alcohol abuse in mice (Neuropharm)
  • Etymology of Loa
  • Worm removed from man's eye (BBC)
  • Ticks keep on ticking (PLoS One article)
  • Letters read on TWiP 42
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