Listen "TWiP 52: Not your ordinary unsegmented roundworm"
Episode Synopsis
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Vincent and Dickson review the life cycle and pathogenesis of the giant kidney worm, Dioctophyme renale.
Links for this episode:
Dioctophymiasis (CDC)
Dioctophyme renale (Wikipedia)
Fatal bilateral dioctophymiasis (J Parasitol)
Clinical Parasitology by Paul C. Beaver
D. renale in a dog (Vet. Parasitol.)
Surgical removal of D. renale (YouTube)
Letters read on TWiP 52
Contact
Send your questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected]
Vincent and Dickson review the life cycle and pathogenesis of the giant kidney worm, Dioctophyme renale.
Links for this episode:
Dioctophymiasis (CDC)
Dioctophyme renale (Wikipedia)
Fatal bilateral dioctophymiasis (J Parasitol)
Clinical Parasitology by Paul C. Beaver
D. renale in a dog (Vet. Parasitol.)
Surgical removal of D. renale (YouTube)
Letters read on TWiP 52
Contact
Send your questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected]
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