Listen "TWiP 59: Apicomplexity"
Episode Synopsis
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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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
Contact
Send your questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected]
Subscribe (free)
Subscribe to TWiP (free) in iTunes, by the RSS feed or by email
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