TWiP 59: Apicomplexity
Sep 09, 2013•1 hr 24 min
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Episode description
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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