This Week in Parasitism

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TWiP #28 - Medical entomology with Robert W. Gwadz Jul 26, 2011

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Vincent and Dickson discuss medical entomology with Robert W. Gwadz, Assistant Chief of the Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research at NIAID.

TWiP #27 - Trematodes Jun 22, 2011

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Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of trematodes, or flukes, which have a snail as a reservoir host.

TWiP #26 - The schistosomes May 27, 2011

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Vincent and Dickson take on the schistosomes, agents of a series of related diseases in humans referred to as schistosomiasis.

TWiP #25 - Wuchereria bancrofti Apr 28, 2011

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Vincent and Dickson review Wuchereria bancrofti, the nematode that causes lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis.

TWiP #24 - Onchocerca volvulus, a vector-borne, filarial nematode Mar 31, 2011

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Vincent and Dickson discuss the life cycle and pathogenesis of Onchocerca volvulus, the vector-borne filarial nematode parasite that causes onchocerciasis, or river blindness.

TWiP #23 - Strongyloides sterocoralis, a most unusual parasite Mar 03, 2011

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Vincent and Dickson review the life cycle and pathogenesis of the world's most unusual parasite, Strongyloides stercoralis.

TWiP 22 - Hookworm Feb 09, 2011

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Vincent and Dickson discuss possibly the most socially and politically important nematode of humans, the hookworm Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus.