This Week in Parasitism
TWiP is a monthly netcast about eukaryotic parasites. Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier, science Professors from Columbia University, deconstruct parasites, how they cause illness, and how you can prevent infections.
- Update frequency
- every 24 days
- Average duration
- 84 minutes
- Episodes
- 264
- Years Active
- 2009 - 2025
TWiP #24 - Onchocerca volvulus, a vector-borne, filarial nematode
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
Vincent and Dickson review the life cycle and pathogenesis of the world's most unusual parasite, Strongyloides stercoralis.
TWiP 22 - Hookworm
Vincent and Dickson discuss possibly the most socially and politically important nematode of humans, the hookworm Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus.
TWiP #21 - The giant intestinal worm, Ascaris lumbricoides
Vincent and Dickson review the biology and pathogenesis of Ascaris lumbricoides, one of the largest nematodes to infect humans.
TWiP #20 - The whipworm Trichuris trichiura
Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of nematodes with the whipworm Trichuris trichiura.
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TWiP #19 - Enterobius vermicularis, the pinworm
Vincent and Dickson move on to nematodes with a discussion of the pinworm Enterobius vermicularis.
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TWiP #18 - Cryptosporidium
Vincent and Dickson discuss the intracellular parasite Cryptosporidium, which causes diarrheal disease in most mammalian species.
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TWiP #17 - Entamoeba histolytica
Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of protozoan parasites that cause diarrhea with a review of amebic dysentery caused by Entamoeba histolytica.
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TWiP #16: Giardia
Vincent and Dickson review the life cycle and pathogenesis of the flagellated protozoan parasite Giardia lamblia.
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TWiP #15: Tryp the light fantastic
Vincent and Dickson discuss the life cycle and pathogenesis of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma.
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TWiP #14 - Leishmania
Vincent and Dickson consider the life cycle and pathogenesis of the protozoan parasite Leishmania.
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TWiP #13 - Toxoplasmosis
Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of the obligate intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii with a consideration of the clinical consequences of infection and pathogenesis.
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TWiP #12 - Toxoplasma gondii
Vincent and Dickson introduce the obligate intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, one of the most successful parasites on earth.
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TWiP #11 - One times three million
Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of malaria, with emphasis on clinical aspects of the disease.
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TWiP #10 - Plasmodium life cycle
Vincent and Dickson trace the life cycle of Plasmodium in a mosquito and in a human host.
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TWiP #9 - Mala aria
Vincent and Dickson move on to protozoan parasites with a discussion of the early history of malaria.
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TWiP #8 - Frog legs and parasite tales
Dickson reads his story about sparganosis caused by the diphyllobothroid tapeworm Spirometra mansonoides.
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TWiP #7 - Tapeworms are fantastic!
Vincent and Dickson continue their discourse on tapeworms, covering the fish and dog varieties.
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TWiP #6 - Tapeworms, the long and short of it
Vincent and Dick talk about the anatomy and life cycle of beef and pork tapeworms, and why House was wrong about neurocysticercosis.
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TWiP #5 - The nurse cell
Vincent and Dick discuss the nurse cell, a unique structure formed in the host muscle by Trichinella species.
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