TWiP 42: The tick keeps on ticking

10/08/2012 1h 14min
TWiP 42: The tick keeps on ticking

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Episode Synopsis

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

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