TWiP 42: The tick keeps on ticking - a podcast by Vincent Racaniello

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

Contact

Send your questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twip@twiv.tv.

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