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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 can prevent infections.
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TWiP 202: 80 microns and ovoid from 2022-01-23T15:16:25
Sara from the Febrile Podcast joins the TWiP team at The Incubator to solve the case of the Man With an Egg Laden Colonic Mass, and Daniel presents a new puzzle for us to solve.
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TWiP 201: Tiny and hairy from 2021-12-08T03:01:55
The TWiP team solves the case of the Man with a Cat and Ring Enhancing Lesions, and discuss domestic mammals as reservoirs for Leishmania donovani on the Indian subcontinent.
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TWiP 200: Parasites without borders from 2021-11-04T14:35:28
The TWiP team solves the case of the Gentleman from New York with Intestinal Issues, and review a 20 year study of butterflies, their associated parasitoid wasp and Wolbachia introduced...
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TWiP 199: Chagas kisses Cruzi and Brucei bites from 2021-10-12T22:34:47
The TWiP team solves the case of the Traveler to Tanzania with a Purple Lesion, and discuss Mosquirix, the first vaccine approved for Plasmodium parasites.
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TWiP 198: Cyclospora in the dining room with the salad bar from 2021-09-14T04:00
The TWiP quadfecta solves the case of the Traveler With Watery Diarrhea, and reveals that a heat-shock response regulated by a transcription factor protects human malaria parasites from the high...
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TWiP 197: An adventurous eater from 2021-08-16T17:51:04
TWiP solves the case of the Adventurous Eater with Areas of Swelling, and discusses an experimental Trypanosoma vivax vaccine comprising an invariant flagellum antigen.
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TWiP 196: Naked eye entomologist from 2021-07-12T14:30:44
TWiP solves the case of the Homeless Man With Skin Issues, and discusses an experimental mRNA based malaria vaccine.
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TWiP 195: Shocking diseases in attractive NY accents from 2021-05-31T23:13:55
TWiP 194: Eye had a corneal scraping from 2021-04-24T18:31:32
TWiP solves the case of the Long Island Man with Unilateral Eye Pain, followed by a discussion of how enteric helminth coinfection enhances host susceptibility to West Nile virus by a tuft cell-...
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TWiP 193: A serpiginous trail from 2021-03-29T04:00
Audun returns to help solve the case of the Ecuadorean Gentleman Treated for COVID-19, followed by a discussion of the interaction of Blastocystis with the intestinal microbiota and the...
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TWiP 192: Towel off vigorously from 2021-02-15T05:00
The TWiPers solve the case of the Teenager in Malawi with Red Urine, then Audun joins to present our clinical case for this episode.
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TWiP 191: Dickson's ocular anomaly from 2021-01-11T18:07:11
The TWiPers solve the case of the Rural Man from North Carolina with Blurred Vision, and discuss the results of single-cell RNA sequencing of Schistosoma mansoni.
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TWiP 190: But Doc, what could it be? from 2020-12-08T05:00
Christina from Glasgow returns to help the TWiPlets solve the case of the Ghanian Woman with Abdominal Mass, followed by discussion of the impact of COVID-19 on malaria morbidity and mortality i...
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TWiP 189: Toe jammin' from 2020-11-07T15:53:44
Christina from Glasgow joins the TWiPlets to solve the case of the Elderly Gentlemen with Full Body Rash, and to present a new clinical case for listeners to solve. Listen
TWiP 188: Terrible tropisms from 2020-09-26T14:20:31
Dickson, Daniel and Vincent solve the case of the Baby with Hydrocephalus, and present a new clinical case for listeners to solve.
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TWiP 187: Granny's granuloma from 2020-08-29T14:17:20
Dickson, Daniel and Vincent solve the case of the Middle Aged Woman with Loss of Vision in One Eye, and discuss the role of heme oxygenase in the various protozoan infections.
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TWiP 186: Not rationing rationality from 2020-08-01T13:57:53
Dickson, Daniel and Vincent solve the case of the Elder Gardener Feeling Poorly, and discuss the three-dimensional ultrastructure of Plasmodium falciparum during cytokinesis.
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TWiP 185: Latrinalia from 2020-07-03T03:00:39
Dickson, Daniel and Vincent solve the case of the Wife of a Guy with Cyclospora Diarrhea, and discuss the discovery of an intrinsic oscillator that drives the bloodstream stage cycle of the mala...
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TWiP 184: The hunter gets captured by the game from 2020-06-06T13:11:55
Dickson, Daniel and Vincent solve the case of the Safari Goer With Watery Diarrhea, and explain how a microsporidian endosymbiont of Anopheles mosquitoes might impair the transmission of malaria...
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TWiP 183: When they dry they die from 2020-05-08T22:04:29
Dickson, Daniel and Vincent solve the case of the Female with Itchy Anus, and reveal the structure of a roundworm membrane protein involved in digestion of nutrients...
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TWiP 182: Super spreaders of science from 2020-04-11T16:52:47
Dickson, Daniel and Vincent solve the case of the Ugandan Volunteer With Morning Bites and discuss integration of HIV-1 into the Schistosome genome, with a sprinkling of COVID-19 throug...
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TWiP 181: Daniel's drive-through from 2020-03-14T15:33:51
Dickson, Daniel and Vincent solve the case of the Two Volunteers With Watery Diarrhea, discuss diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 in the New York area, and reveal an approach to preventing honeybee colony ...
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TWiP 180: A spleen palaver from 2020-02-08T18:02:33
The TWiP professors solve the case of the Ugandan Child with Splenomegaly, and reveal that mutations in the P. falciparum genome that confer artemisinin resistance interfere with endocytic uptak...
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TWiP 179: Verminous visitors from 2020-01-11T16:43:03
The TWiP DVD solve the case of the Child Who Passed Worms, and discuss a non-human primate model for severe malarial anemia.
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TWiP 178: The shadowlands of medicine from 2019-12-04T17:48:46
The Knights of the TWiP solve the case of the Man Who Lost Weight, and discuss a Plasmodium protein kinase that is a malarial drug target.
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TWiP 177: A scabrous education from 2019-11-06T18:20:33
The TWiPsters solve the case of the Rashy Schoolteacher, and reveal a drug from rotifers that live on the snail intermediate host which paralyzes schistosome cercariae and prevents infection of ...
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TWiP 176: Blood schmear from 2019-10-09T21:25:54
The TWiPpers of the bite fantastic solve the case of the Indian Man Who Hiked, and discuss the effects of schistosome soluble egg antigen on infection of lymphocytes with HIV-1.
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TWiP 175: None alone pathognomonic from 2019-09-04T18:31:50
The TWiP'ers solve the case of the Sudanese Boy With Fever, and reveal antibodies against that slow invasion of red blood cells potentiate other malaria-blocking antibodies.
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TWiP 174: Fat cat from 2019-08-01T11:12:48
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TWiP 173: Rose colored spots from 2019-07-13T13:43:32
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TWiP 172: A painless lesion from 2019-06-14T17:33:11
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TWiP 171: Better than a sharp stick in the eye from 2019-05-23T10:55:18
The Leishmaniacs solve the case of the Child With Band Keratopathy, and reveal a eukaryotic parasite with functional mitochondria but without mitochondrial genomes.
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TWiP 170: A worm's eye view from 2019-05-08T15:37:17
The TWiPlicates solve the case of the Child With Retinal Granuloma, and discuss an association of the complement protein collectin-11 with the pathophysiology of Chagas disease.
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TWiP 169: What goes on in the snail from 2019-04-11T01:27:25
The TriTWiPomonads solve the case of the Child Who Passed a Worm, and reveal recombination between bovine and human schistosome species.
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TWiP 168: Kleptoparasitism and the stercoraceous souvenir from 2019-03-27T15:05:27
The Giardians of the Galaxy solve the case of the Woman With a Colonic Stowaway from Hispaniola, and discuss activation of intestinal tuft cells by Trichinella spiralis.
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TWiP 167: The constipated mathematician from 2019-02-27T19:19:51
The Tremendous Trio solve the case of the Woman With Foul Steatorrhea, and reveal breakdown of the glycocalyx associated with severe and fatal malaria.
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TWiP 166: From remote locations from 2019-02-16T18:56:42
The Podfessors solve the case of the Teenager With Swollen Scrotum, and continue the story arc of Daniel's favorite cells, B-1 cells, and their association with protective immune responses in hu...
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TWiP 165: The sound of crackles from 2019-01-26T21:30:25
The TWiP team solves the case of the Four Year Old with Fever, Headache, and Cough, and discuss the release of extracellular vesicles from Leishmania amazonensis that manipulate the hos...
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TWiP 164: Surf n' perf from 2019-01-12T15:14:36
The TWiP legends solve the case of Surfer Sans Septum, and discuss how two symbiotic bacteria in the tsetse fly allow colonization with Trypanosoma brucei.
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TWiP 163: Trout and parasites from 2018-12-29T15:58:37
The doctors of awesome solve the case of the Woman Who Visited Lebanon, and reveal that immunoglobulins protect the olfactory organ of trout against infection with the Ich parasite.
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TWiP 162: That swollen parcel of dropsies from 2018-11-21T17:01:32
The TWiP professors solve the case of the Baby With Pericardial Effusion, and discuss whether the flagellate without a flagella, Dientamoeba fragilis, causes human illness.
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TWiP 161: All I need is a bit of skin from 2018-11-10T16:12:27
The TWiPsters solve the case of the Brazilian Immigrant With Heart Problems, and describe how genome organization controls trypanosome antigenic variation.
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TWiP 160: Toddy tappers from 2018-10-10T15:42:39
The TWiPlets solve the case of the Electrician from Tamil Nadu with a Liver Mass, and reveal that dogs and humans share a common Chadian Guinea worm.
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TWiP 159: Loa and Loa but not gone from 2018-09-28T19:34:59
The TWiP triptych solve the case of the 9/11 Survivor infested with parasites, and discuss the effect of community ivermectin treatment for onchocerciasis on Loa loa infections.
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TWiP 158: Ant-appetising slime balls from 2018-09-14T01:58:02
The TWiP hosts solve the case of the Thai Woman With Red Bumps, and reveal that a master manipulator contacts ant brain tissue to control its behavior.
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TWiP 157: What a long, strange TWiP it's been from 2018-08-29T13:56:49
The TWiP professors solve the case of the Woman With Intracellular Ring Forms, and explore the role of Coxiella and Rickettsia endosymbionts in acquisition of Babesia ...
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TWiP 156: The parasitic devil is in the details from 2018-08-08T14:37:43
The TWiP crew solves the case of the Ecuadorian with Immunodeficiency and Chronic Diarrhea, and discuss oral transmission of Chagas disease in mice.
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TWiP 155: Miss Dickson from 2018-07-24T02:55:07
Justin joins the TWiP team to solve the case of the Gentleman with B cell Lymphoma, and consider the finding of Dracunculus species in river otters from Arkansas.
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TWiP 154: A louse-y episode from 2018-06-27T01:33:42
Vincent and Daniel solve the case of the Man in the City with Groin Rash, catch up on the long backlog of email, and present a new case, possibly the most complex one yet on the show.
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TWiP 153: Ars longa, vita brevis from 2018-06-13T01:54:17
Vincent and Daniel solve the case of the Panamanian Farmer with Three Weeks of Diarrhea, and discuss how microbes egested during bites of sand flies exacerbate the severity of leishmaniasis.
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TWiP 152: A range of rads from 2018-05-26T18:20:04
The TWiP peeps solve the case of the Panamanian Mother with Steatorrhea, and reveal new monoclonal antibodies that effectively block malarial infection.
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TWiP 151: Indiscriminate bulk feeders from 2018-05-02T15:33:57
The Podfessors solve the case of the Itchy Child from Panama, and discuss competition for blood in human malaria-helminth co-infections.
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TWiP 150: Fast food from 2018-04-19T15:15:19
The TWiPers solve the case of the Panamanian Man With Leg Ulcer, and describe how a crab predator preferentially feeds on parasite infected prey - even though the parasite makes them faster!
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TWiP 149: Stranger in a strange land from 2018-03-22T10:00
Shivang joins the TWiP triumvirate to solve the case of the New Yorker With Rash and Pins and Needles, and reveal how agrochemicals increase risk of human schistosomiasis by causing high snail d...
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TWiP 148: Weep and sweep from 2018-03-07T21:31:59
The TWiP-tologists solve the case of the South American Child With Belly Pain, and reveal how B1 cell IgE blocks parasite clearance by inhibiting mast cell activation by B2 cell IgE.
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TWiP 147: The savvy physician tests the tissue from 2018-02-24T20:39:04
The three amigos of parasitology solve the case of the New York Lawyer With A Foot Ulcer, and discuss a survey of rodents for the raccoon roundworm in California.
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TWiP 146: Thus misspake Despommier from 2018-01-31T16:36:11
The TWIPniks solve the case of the Man With Diarrhea and 100 Micron Objects In Stool, and discuss the reticulocyte receptor for Plasmodium vivax.
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TWiP 145: Is it excreted or secreted? from 2018-01-17T15:00:29
The Estimados Profesores of TWIP solve the case of the Man With Motile Objects, and reveal the secreted and excreted proteins of Giardia parasites.
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TWiP 144: A blood-free snip from 2017-12-14T16:31:21
The TWiPtomaniacs solve the case of the Boy With Visual Disturbances and Itching, and discuss identifying secreted and excreted proteins of Trichinella parasites.
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TWiP 143: There's a lot of worms out there from 2017-11-28T17:49:15
The TWiPians solve the case of the Woman With Anemia, Eosinophila, and a Worm in Her Intestine, and discuss a study on the function and druggability of two malarial aspartate proteases.
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TWiP 142: Just a virus, go home from 2017-11-17T17:13:10
The TWiPsids solve the case of the Guatemalan Positive for Rhinovirus, and reveal how to kill all African trypanosomes with a primate apolipoprotein.
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TWiP 141: Paratransgenesis from 2017-10-31T12:20:16
The TWiP Wataalamu solve the case of the One Year Old From Kenya With Moving Skin Lesions, and describe how to make mosquitoes refractory to Plasmodium with engineered symbiotic bacteri...
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TWiP 140: Blasting Blastocystis from 2017-10-17T20:11:43
The triple TWiP solve the case of the Peace Corp Veteran with Eosinophilia, and discuss the genome sequence of the hyper-prevalent parasitic eukaryote Blastocystis.
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TWiP 139: Eggsactly, ova and ova from 2017-09-21T12:29:04
The TWiPwalas solve the case of the Woman with a Worm in Her Eye, and discuss the role of nitric oxide in the resistance of rats to Schistosoma japonicum.
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TWiP 138: Telmophages and the skin parasite landscape from 2017-09-06T15:14:50
The TWiPsters solve the case of the Child from DR with Poppy Seed Sized Things On His Head Hair Shafts, and reveal how the skin parasite landscape determines the infectiousness of Leishmania...
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TWiP 137: An aberrant encounter from 2017-08-12T16:11:10
The TWiPtoids solve the case of the Man from India with a Neck Lump, and explore the role of a transmissible dysbiotic skin microbiome in inflammation during cutaneous leishmaniasis.
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TWiP 136: Daniel throws a softball from 2017-07-11T21:12:20
The TWiP Titans solve the case of the Man from Queens with a Blister Burster, and explain the role of inflammatory monocytes during Leishmania infection of the skin.
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TWiP 135: Embryonated eggs of wisdom from 2017-06-21T02:08:01
Dickson returns to the TWiP hosts to solve the case of the Woman from Colorado With Loose Stools, and explain how single-sex infection with female Schistosoma mansoni reduces hepatic fi...
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TWiP 134: Does toxoplasma make you sexy? from 2017-05-24T14:31:37
Daniel and Vincent solve the case of the Haitian Girl Who Failed To Thrive, and visit two studies that address the question of whether infection with Toxoplasma gondii alters human beha...
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TWiP 133: Tape test from 2017-05-13T15:41:46
Daniel and Vincent solve the case of the Woman With Anal Area Discomfort, and discuss the multiple functions of a clathrin adapter protein in formation of rhoptry and microneme secretory organel...
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TWiP 132: Salted crab som tum from 2017-04-29T16:57:21
The TWiP-tastic peeps solve the case of the Thai Man Coughing Up Blood, and reveal potential therapies for trypanosomiasis that are inhibitors of protein import into glycosomes.
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TWiP 131: Entomophagy from 2017-04-15T13:06:01
Jonathan from the podcast Arthro-Pod joins the TWiPerati to solve the case of the Peruvian Woman With Inguinal Insect Bite, and discuss warm autoimmune hemolytic anemic that develops after babes...
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TWiP 130: Paige Turner from 2017-04-01T18:04:52
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TWiP 129: Human kindness, river blindness from 2017-03-15T21:00:38
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TWiP 128: It's over 9000! from 2017-03-04T15:56:53
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TWiP 127: Kava not Cava from 2017-02-15T12:47:37
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TWiP 126: A virus walks into a parasite from 2017-02-04T16:22:50
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TWiP 125: Third time's a charm from 2017-01-21T19:42:23
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TWiP 124: RPAing with the tryps from 2017-01-05T01:31:07
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TWiP 123: What we know is confusing from 2016-12-20T23:15:29
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TWiP 122: If the thunder don't get you, the lightning will from 2016-12-06T21:23:13
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TWiP 121: A parasite without borders from 2016-11-16T14:48:37
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TWiP 120: When they die they calcify from 2016-11-10T02:56:26
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TWiP 119: A kinder and gentler case from 2016-10-25T20:54:12
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TWiP 118: Crispr capers with Toxoplasma from 2016-10-06T18:00:26
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TWiP 117: Parasitic puzzles from 2016-09-26T20:37:48
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TWiP 116: One drug to rule them all from 2016-09-11T00:05:32
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TWiP 115: The Cuscuta Factor from 2016-08-27T14:27:37
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TWiP 114: Plant potions perturb Plasmodium from 2016-08-12T21:24:27
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TWiP 113: Flying pigs from 2016-07-23T15:07:53
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TWiP 112: A NOD to a tricky helminth from 2016-06-25T07:26:06
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TWiP 111: Bug bites from 2016-06-03T16:08:47
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TWiP 110: Malaria at the Bronx Zoo from 2016-05-21T21:11:30
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TWiP 109: Blame it on Mother from 2016-05-13T00:40:58
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TWiP 108: B1 cells and Leishmania, insider traitors from 2016-04-23T13:49:12
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TWiP 107: Parasites leave a bad taste in my gut from 2016-04-11T15:45:09
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TWiP 106: Trematode stormtroopers in snail wars from 2016-03-26T17:07:45
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TWiP 105: Survival of the fattest from 2016-03-12T15:45:35
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TWiP 104: La maladie du sommeil from 2016-02-27T14:05:58
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TWiP 103: Scroll down, please from 2016-02-13T15:42:50
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TWiP 102: Nursing eosinophils from 2016-02-06T17:36:18
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TWiP 101: Is it round or is it flat? from 2016-01-23T13:42:23
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TWiP 100: Driving past a milestone from 2016-01-09T17:16:19
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TWiP 99: You get your polar bear from your nana from 2015-12-05T19:59:55
The TWiP trifecta solves the case of the Professor Who Went to Brazil, and discuss an amazing case of a tapeworm that turned into a tumor in an AIDS patient.
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TWiP 98: Resistance is not futile from 2015-10-31T02:02:04
The TWiP-lets reveal Balamuthia infection in the Children from Peru, and discuss resistance to pyrethroids revealed by RNA sequencing of Anopheles mosquitoes.
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TWiP 97: The seven year itch from 2015-10-17T03:38:24
The paratenic hosts reveal a case of scabies in the Traveling Salesman, and discuss a role for natural antibody in protection from infection with Plasmodium.
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TWiP 96: Salivary pharmacopeia from 2015-10-03T12:52:46
The TWiPanosomes solve the case about the Young Woman who Went to Belize, and relate how sandfly saliva skews the immune response and increases risk of cutaneous leishmaniasis.
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TWiP 95: Arsenic and Leishmania from 2015-09-19T01:44:50
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel solve the case about the 33 year old Chinese male with watery diarrhea, and discuss whether arsenic in drinking water mi...
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TWiP 94: Loa hanging fruit from 2015-09-05T13:45:50
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel solve the case about the man from El Salvador, discuss the use of tyrosine kinase inhibitors to treat onchocerciasis and...
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TWiP 93: A fishy tale unfolds from 2015-08-08T13:57:06
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel solve their fishy tale, and present a new case study for your consumption.
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TWiP 92: Kleptohaemodeipnonism from 2015-07-04T12:44:46
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel discuss how fluctuation in the price of guinea pig food could help transmission of the agent of Chagas disease, and pres...
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TWiP 91: Born to deform from 2015-06-20T12:26:07
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel review how Viagra might be used to block transmission of Plasmodium falciparum, and introduce a new case study....
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TWiP 90: A carbuncle is a large furuncle from 2015-05-30T15:38:33
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel discuss identification of an erythrocyte protein essential for invasion of Plasmodium falciparum, and introduce...
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TWiP 89: Day TWiPers from 2015-05-16T15:40:39
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel reveal last week's case study and introduce a new one concerning a patient who traveled to Belize.
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TWiP 88: French foreign lesion from 2015-05-02T14:57:02
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel discuss how a secreted protein from the protozoan parasite Theileria transforms its host cells via a cellular p...
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TWiP 87: Stumped by pinworm from 2015-04-21T15:55:21
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel review new insight into antigenic variation in trypanosomes, reveal the difficult solution to the last case study, and p...
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TWiP 86: Worms Loa the immune response to mycobacteria from 2015-03-29T13:18:39
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel discuss how filarial infection modulates the immune response to mycobacterial infection, and reveal a new case study. Listen
TWiP 85: Channeling tryps from 2015-03-14T14:17:44
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel explain how trypanolytic factor forms membrane channels to lyse trypanosomes, and present a new case study.
TWiP 84: Bigfoot from 2015-02-28T15:12:11
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel consider the delivery of anti-trypanosome nanobodies to the tsetse fly via a bacterial symbiont, and present a new case ...
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TWiP 83: Hidden costs of infection from 2015-02-23T00:59:50
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel present a new case study, and discuss the effect of chronic malaria infection on wild warbler life span and telomere deg...
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TWiP 82: A NOD to helminths from 2015-02-07T17:42:10
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel solve last week's case study, present a new one, and reveal how secreted proteins from a helminth prevent diabetes in mi...
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TWiP 81: Living in a wormy world from 2015-01-24T18:15:13
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel provide the solution to last week's case study, present a new one, and discuss how immune suppression by nematodes incre...
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TWiP 80: Daniel in the parasites' den from 2015-01-08T02:15:44
Vincent and Dickson welcome new TWiP host Daniel to discuss the association of a new Mycoplasma with Trichomoniasis, and to introduce a new feature ...
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TWiP 79: Across the river and into the trees from 2014-11-22T15:30:36
Vincent and Dickson discuss the spread of P. knowlesi in Malaysia, and how Leishmania parasites protect the sandfly gut from bacter...
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TWiP 78: Eau de rodent from 2014-10-29T00:23:44
Vincent and Dickson discuss how malaria parasites induce odors in their rodent hosts that attract mosquitoes.
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TWiP 77: Mixed messages from 2014-09-19T14:25:38
Vincent and Dickson discuss the exchange of messenger RNAs between a parasitic plant and its hosts.
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TWiP 76: Herpesvirus worms its way out from 2014-09-02T20:25:07
Vincent and Dickson discuss how infection of mice with helminths induces cytokines that reactivate a latent gamma-herpesvirus.
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TWiP 75: Parasite wonders with Bobbi Pritt from 2014-07-21T15:58:22
Bobbi Pritt joins Vincent and Dickson to talk about directing a clinical parasitology laboratory and her weekly case reports at Creepy Dreadful Wonde...
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TWiP 74: Nature has all the answers, what is your question? from 2014-07-04T13:20:41
Vincent and Dickson review a novel malaria vaccine candidate comprising a parasite protein involved in egress from red blood cells.
TWiP 73: I'm nibbling my way back to you from 2014-06-13T15:19:59
Vincent and Dickson discuss how nibbling of human cells by Entamoeba histolytica, a process called amoebic trogocytosis, contributes to cell...
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TWiP 72: Wormholes from 2014-05-24T13:37:49
Vincent and Dickson discuss five ways that helminths manipulate host tissues to survive.
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TWiP 66: A nitrile warhead for Chagas disease from 2014-02-08T18:53
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TWiP 65: The real world wide web from 2014-01-13T14:42:21
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TWiP 64: Three new ways to prevent malaria from 2013-12-19T21:54
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TWiP 63: Plasmodium of the apes from 2013-11-12T01:27
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TWiP 62: More bats out of hell from 2013-11-01T01:10:31
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TWiP 61: Some creep crept into the crypt and crapped from 2013-10-15T14:35:05
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TWiP 60: Urine a game of cat and mouse from 2013-09-25T20:07:50
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TWiP 59: Apicomplexity from 2013-09-09T15:38:57
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TWiP 58: People, parasites, and plowshares from 2013-08-09T02:28
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TWiP 57: An outbreak of cyclosporiasis from 2013-07-20T15:35:58
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TWiP 56: Whirling disease from 2013-07-03T12:47:09
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TWiP 55: A ladybird's weapon from 2013-06-15T14:59:15
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TWiP 54: Unde venis? from 2013-05-23T16:35:55
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TWiP 53: Anti-saliva immunity from 2013-04-20T22:02:14
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TWiP 52: Not your ordinary unsegmented roundworm from 2013-03-16T19:46:15
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TWiP 51: Modifying mosquitoes with Anthony A. James from 2013-03-02T15:48:10
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TWiP 50: Antagonism in the mosquito midgut from 2013-02-16T14:44:59
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TWiP 49: Making sense of toxo and heme from 2013-01-26T15:50:22
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TWiP 44: Parasites provide a cricket subsidy for trout from 2012-09-07T22:31
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TWiP 43: Two remarkable host-parasite conflicts from 2012-08-23T14:38:55
Vincent and Dickson review how sickle cell microRNAs contribute to malaria resistance, and inhibition of innate immune responses by an enzyme fro...
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TWiP 39: I encyst, said the amoeba from 2012-04-26T18:05
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TWiP 37: Dracunculiasis from 2012-02-19T20:49
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TWiP 36: Trichuris and microbes plan a hatch from 2012-02-01T16:09:13
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TWiP 35: Malaria control with David Fidock from 2012-01-13T02:36
Vincent and Dickson discuss control of malaria with their Columbia University colleague
TWiP #34 - Up against the Wolbachia from 2011-12-13T18:57:05
Vincent and Dickson discuss control of malaria and filariasis with the bacterial endosymbiont Listen
TWiP #33 - Hide and seek from 2011-11-24T16:40:59
Vincent and Dickson review an Listen
TWiP #32: Evasive trypanosomes and schistosomes from 2011-11-08T21:41
Vincent and Dickson discuss immune evasion by the cruzain protease ofListen
TWiP #31 - A malaria vaccine from 2011-10-21T01:17:23
Vincent and Dickson discuss the promising...
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TWiP #30 - Global infectious disease control with Charles Knirsch from 2011-09-15T16:15:25
Vincent and Dickson have a broad-ranging conversation with Charles Knirsch of Pfizer, Inc. about how public-private partnerships can function to control and elim...
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TWiP #29 - Neglected tropical diseases with Peter Hotez from 2011-08-23T20:14:12
Vincent and Dickson converse with Peter Hotez about global health, vaccinology, and neglec...
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TWiP #28 - Medical entomology with Robert W. Gwadz from 2011-07-26T16:26:43
Vincent and Dickson discuss medical entomology with Robert W. Gwadz, Assistant Chief of the Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research at NIAID.
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TWiP #27 - Trematodes from 2011-06-22T21:12:44
Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of trematodes, or flukes, which have a snail as a reservoir host.
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TWiP #26 - The schistosomes from 2011-05-27T14:14
Vincent and Dickson take on the schistosomes, agents of a series of related diseases in humans referred to as schi...
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TWiP #24 - Onchocerca volvulus, a vector-borne, filarial nematode from 2011-03-31T17:49:20
Vincent and Dickson discuss the life cycle and pathogenesis of Listen
TWiP #23 - Strongyloides sterocoralis, a most unusual parasite from 2011-03-03T21:40
Vincent and Dickson review the life cycle and pathogenesis of the world's most unusual parasite, Strongyloides stercoralis.
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TWiP 22 - Hookworm from 2011-02-09T14:52
Vincent and Dickson discuss possibly the most socially and politically important nematode of humans, the h...
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TWiP #21 - The giant intestinal worm, Ascaris lumbricoides from 2011-01-20T03:20
Vincent and Dickson review the biology and pathogenesis of Listen
TWiP #20 - The whipworm Trichuris trichiura from 2010-12-17T02:50:22
Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of nematodes with the whipworm Trichuris trichiura.
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TWiP #19 - Enterobius vermicularis, the pinworm from 2010-11-20T18:16:45
Vincent and Dickson move on to nematodes with a discussion of the pinworm Enterobius vermicularis.
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TWiP #18 - Cryptosporidium from 2010-10-27T11:37:33
Vincent and Dickson discuss the intracellular parasite Cryptosporidium, which causes diarrheal disease in most mammalian species.
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TWiP #17 - Entamoeba histolytica from 2010-10-06T05:51:18
Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of protozoan parasites that cause diarrhea with a review of amebic dysentery caused by Entamoeba histolytica.
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TWiP #16: Giardia from 2010-09-24T14:06
Vincent and Dickson review the life cycle and pathogenesis of the flagellated protozoan parasite Giardia lamblia.
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TWiP #15: Tryp the light fantastic from 2010-09-09T17:45
Vincent and Dickson discuss the life cycle and pathogenesis of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma.
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TWiP #14 - Leishmania from 2010-08-12T02:30
Vincent and Dickson consider the life cycle and pathogenesis of the protozoan parasite Leishmania.
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TWiP #13 - Toxoplasmosis from 2010-07-15T02:00
Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of the obligate intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii with a consideration of the clinical consequences of infection and pathogenesis.<...
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TWiP #12 - Toxoplasma gondii from 2010-06-18T02:00
Vincent and Dickson introduce the obligate intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, one of the most successful parasites on earth.
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TWiP #11 - One times three million from 2010-06-02T18:00
Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of malaria, with emphasis on clinical aspects of the disease.
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TWiP #10 - Plasmodium life cycle from 2010-05-20T02:00
Vincent and Dickson trace the life cycle of Plasmodium in a mosquito and in a human host.
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TWiP #9 - Mala aria from 2010-05-06T02:20
Vincent and Dickson move on to protozoan parasites with a discussion of the early history of malaria.
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TWiP #8 - Frog legs and parasite tales from 2010-04-22T16:30
Dickson reads his story about sparganosis caused by the diphyllobothroid tapeworm Spirometra mansonoides.
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TWiP #7 - Tapeworms are fantastic! from 2010-04-09T02:30
Vincent and Dickson continue their discourse on tapeworms, covering the fish and dog varieties.
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TWiP #6 - Tapeworms, the long and short of it from 2010-03-25T04:30
Vincent and Dick talk about the anatomy and life cycle of beef and pork tapeworms, and why House was wrong about neur...
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TWiP #5 - The nurse cell from 2010-03-04T03:30
Vincent and Dick discuss the nurse cell, a unique structure formed in the host muscle by Trichinella species.
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TWiP #4 - Trichinella life cycle from 2010-01-30T17:00
Vincent and Dick trace the life cycle of Trichinella spiralis in an infected host.
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TWiP #3 - Trichinella spiralis from 2009-12-27T23:30
Vincent and Dick distinguish among intracellular and extracellular parasites, then discuss the history and general characteristics of Trichinella spiralis.
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TWiP #2 - General parasitism from 2009-12-01T01:30
Vincent and Dick classify parasites according to whether or not they are transmitted by a vector, then consider the implications of long-lived parasites.
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TWiP #1 - Introduction to parasitism from 2009-11-13T12:00
Vincent and Dick provide an overview of parasites and parasitism.
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