TWiP 59: Apicomplexity - a podcast by Vincent Racaniello

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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