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TWiP 38: How to Trichomonas Apr 03, 2012

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Vincent and Dickson tackle the backlog of listener email, then consider the life cycle and pathogenesis of Trichomonas vaginalis, the flagellated protozoan transmitted by sexual contact.

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T. vaginalis life cycle (jpg)
T. vaginalis hydrogenosome (jpg)
Letters read on TWiP 38

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TWiP 37: Dracunculiasis Feb 19, 2012

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Vincent and Dickson discuss the life cycle and pathogenesis of Dracunculus medinensis, the filarial nematode that causes dracunculiasis, or Guinea worm disease.

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Dracunculus emerging from foot (jpg)
Dracunculus medinensis life cycle (jpg)
Guinea worm - WHO
Guinea worm eradication - The Carter Center
War against Guinea worm (YouTube)
Caduceus vs staff of Asclepius
Vincent and Dickson - the dogs (jpg)
Letters read on TWiP 37

TWiP 36: Trichuris and microbes plan a hatch Feb 01, 2012

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Vincent and Dickson review how gut bacteria help establish T. muris in the large intestine of mice.

TWiP 35: Malaria control with David Fidock Jan 13, 2012

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Vincent and Dickson discuss control of malaria with their Columbia University colleague David Fidock.

TWiP #34 - Up against the Wolbachia Dec 13, 2011

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Vincent and Dickson discuss control of malaria and filariasis with the bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia.

TWiP #33 - Hide and seek Nov 24, 2011

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Vincent and Dickson review an in silico pipeline for identifying molecular mimicry candidate proteins in the genomes of parasites, and catch up on listener email.

TWiP #32: Evasive trypanosomes and schistosomes Nov 08, 2011

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Vincent and Dickson discuss immune evasion by the cruzain protease of T. cruzi, and novel tetraspanin antigens of S. japonicum.

TWiP #31 - A malaria vaccine Oct 21, 2011

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Vincent and Dickson discuss the promising results of a phase III trial of a malaria vaccine in African children.

TWiP #30 - Global infectious disease control with Charles Knirsch Sep 15, 2011

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Vincent and Dickson have a broad-ranging conversation with Charles Knirsch of Pfizer, Inc. about how public-private partnerships can function to control and eliminate infectious diseases.

TWiP #29 - Neglected tropical diseases with Peter Hotez Aug 23, 2011

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Vincent and Dickson converse with Peter Hotez about global health, vaccinology, and neglected tropical diseases.

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