TWiP 254: Our hero Dickson

This Week in Parasitism

Mar 09, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 254

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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

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Tissue spaces are reservoirs of antigenic diversity for T. brucei (Nature)
Understanding trypanosome antigenic variation (Emerg Top Life Sci)
Tissue resident T. brucei (PLoS Path)
Hero – Dickson Despommier
Despommier Photo Art
Parasitology Course (YouTube)

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