Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Vincent and Dickson review the finding that urocanic acid in the skin is a chemoattractant for the parasitic nematode Strongyloides stercoralis.

Download TWiP #71 (60 MB .mp3, 84 minutes).

Links for this episode:

• Strongyloides stercoralis (TWiP #71)
• Urocanic acid is a S. stercoralis chemoattractant (PNAS)
• Chemical trails of parasites (PNAS)
• Urocanic acid (Wikipedia)
• Candiru (Wikipedia)
• Your Inner Fish (PBS)
• Letters read on TWiP 71

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