This Week in Parasitism

TWiP #5 - The nurse cell

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Vincent and Dick discuss the nurse cell, a unique structure formed in the host muscle by Trichinella species.

Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Links for this episode:
  • Infective muscle larva (jpg)
  • Schematic of a larva invading a muscle cell
  • Nurse cell formation (scroll down the page)
  • Dickson's gallery of Trichinella images
  • Electron micrographs of stichocytes

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