This Week in Parasitism

Vincent and Daniel discuss research showing that Toxoplasma gondii infection of the brain alters extracellular vesicle production and the communication between neurons and astrocytes. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello  and  Daniel Griffin Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV  Discord server T. gondii  infection of neurons  (PLoS Pat...

TWiP solves the case of the world travelers with poppy-seed size dots embedded in their skin, then present a new case about parasite check in summer camp. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello ,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV  Discord server Hero:  Dr Laurence Tetley Letters read  on TWiP 263...

TWiP reviews research suggesting that schistosome infection affect behavior through the gut-brain axis, and Chuck Knirsch joins to reminisce about Dickson Despommier. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello ,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Guest: Chuck Knirsch Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV  Discord server Does  schistosome i...

TWiP solves the case of the pregnant woman from Tanzania with dehydration and 3 weeks of bloody stool, a situation that would confuse Ockam but not Dr. Hickam. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello ,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV  Discord server Hero: Dame Bridget Ogilvie ( Interview  and  Wi...

TWiP explains how circadian clocks of parasite and vector circadian mediate efficient malaria transmission. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello ,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV  Discord server Clocks mediate  malaria transmission  (Nat Micro) Hero:  Dame Bridget Ogilvie  ( Wiki ) Become a  p...

TWiP solves the case of the man in the Malaysian city of Kucheng who presents with daily fevers and shaking chills, and serve a new clinical puzzle for you to solve. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV  Discord server Letters read  on TWiP 259 New Case Anoth...

TWiP describes how a gut commensal protozoan influences respiratory disease outcomes by shaping pulmonary immunity, and body shape variation in lice that parasitize diving hosts. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV  Discord server Gut commensal  shapes pulmo...

TWiP solves the case of the man in the Malaysian city of Kucheng who presents with left arm swelling, and presents a new case for you to decipher. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV  Discord server Letters read  on TWiP 257 New Case We are still in Kuching,...

TWiP explains a study that carries out selection of  Plasmodium falciparum in the presence of inhibitors to identify determinants of drug resistance, and a paleoparasitological analysis of a 5th–16th c. CE latrine. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV  Discor...

Michelle Labrunda joins TWiP to solve the case of the Georgian in Guinea with fever and dry cough, and describe a new case for you to solve. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Guest: Michelle Labrunda Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV  Discord server Letters read  on TWiP 255 New Case A man...

TWiP explains a study which finds that tissue spaces are reservoirs of antigenic diversity for Trypanosoma brucei, then remembers our departed colleague Dickson Despommier. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Click arrow to play Download TWiP #254 (88 MB .mp3, 61 minutes) Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join...

TWiP solves the case of the man with somnolence and something extra-erythrocytic, and presents a new puzzle for you to solve. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV  Discord server Letters read  on TWiP 253 New Case 26-year-old female with no past medical histo...

TWiP discusses a study of the safety and immunogenicity of a late liver-stage attenuated malaria parasite delivered by mosquito bite. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV  Discord server Live attenuated  malaria vaccine  (NEJM) Plasmodium  metabolism  during...

TWiP solves the case of the woman who went to Belize and notices a lesion on her face, and presents a new clinical case for you to solve. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV  Discord server Letters read  on TWiP 251 New Case Recent case, Arusha hospital, 180...

TWiP reviews a study showing that the gut microbiota is essential for suppression of colitis by  Trichinella spiralis . Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV  Discord server Gut bacteria and  Trichinella   suppression of colitis  (PLoS NTD) Become a  patron  o...

TWiP solves the case of the middle-aged man with eosinophilia and a history of sexual activity with paid sex workers in Okinawa, and presents a new case for you to solve. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV  Discord server Letters read  on TWiP 249 New Case...

TWiP reviews the observation that infection of Azlheimer's disease mice with  Toxoplasma gondii  reduces brain amyloid density globally and regionally. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Dickson Despommier ,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV  Discord server Toxoplasma   reduces amyloid  in...

TWiP solves the case of the Manhattan man with pain on urination or ejaculation, and presents a new case for you to solve. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Dickson Despommier ,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV  Discord server Hero:  Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran Letters read  on TWiP 2...

TWiP taps into Dickson's knowledge of  Trichinella to discuss an outbreak in humans who consumed rare bear meat, and the impact of globalization and climate change on the epidemiology of the species. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Dickson Despommier , and  Daniel Griffin Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV  Discord server Ou...

Founder of Floating Doctors Ben LaBrot joins TWiP to solve the case of the 1 year old in northeastern Panama with a fatal leg infection, followed by a discussion of the history and mission of Floating Doctors. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello , Daniel Griffin , and  Christina Naula Guest:  Ben LaBrot Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the Mic...

Lilach Sheiner joins TWiP to talk about her career and her work on engineering  Toxoplasma gondii secretion systems for intracellular delivery of multiple large therapeutic proteins to neurons. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Dickson Despommier , and  Christina Naula Guest:  Lilach Sheiner Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV ...

TWiP solves the case of the Woman with White Worms, and submits a new case involving a 1 year old in northeastern Panama with a fatal leg infection. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Dickson Despommier ,  Daniel Griffin , and  Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV  Discord server Enterobius, the pinworm ( TWiP 19...

TWiP reviews a study showing that intestinal helminth infection impairs vaccine-induced T cell responses through an IL-10 pathway, which compromised protection against antigenically drifted SARS-CoV-2 variants. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Daniel Griffin  and  Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV  Discord se...

Sean Murphy joins TWiP to discuss his career and the work of his laboratory to assess the daily natural history of asymptomatic  Plasmodium infections in adults and older children in Katakwi, Uganda. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Dickson Despommier  and  Christina Naula Guest:  Sean Murphy Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeT...