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TWiP 59: Apicomplexity
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Length:
84 minutes
Released:
Sep 9, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
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 malaria by intravenous immunization with a nonreplicating sporozoite vaccine.
Links for this episode:
Cyclosporiasis outbreak in US (CDC)
Extraordinary history of REV (PLoS Biology)
Avian malaria (Ann NY Acad Sci)
P. lophurae (J Parasitol)
TWiP infects TWiV (TWiV 248)
Intravenous malaria vaccine (Science)
Unconventional malaria vaccine (Science)
Image of apicomplexan structure: Wikipedia
Letters read on TWiP 59
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Send your questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twip@twiv.tv
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Vincent and Dickson update the multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, discuss the avian malaria parasite P. lophurae, and review protection against malaria by intravenous immunization with a nonreplicating sporozoite vaccine.
Links for this episode:
Cyclosporiasis outbreak in US (CDC)
Extraordinary history of REV (PLoS Biology)
Avian malaria (Ann NY Acad Sci)
P. lophurae (J Parasitol)
TWiP infects TWiV (TWiV 248)
Intravenous malaria vaccine (Science)
Unconventional malaria vaccine (Science)
Image of apicomplexan structure: Wikipedia
Letters read on TWiP 59
Contact
Send your questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twip@twiv.tv
Subscribe (free)
Subscribe to TWiP (free) in iTunes, by the RSS feed or by email
Released:
Sep 9, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
TWiP #2 - General parasitism: Vincent and Dick classify parasites according to whether or not they are transmitted by a vector, then consider the implications of long-lived parasites. by This Week in Parasitism