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TWiP 28: Medical entomology with Robert W. Gwadz

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier On episode #28 of the podcast This Week in Parasitism, Vincent and Dickson discuss medical entomology with Robert W. Gwadz, Assistant Chief of the Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research at NIAID. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twip/TWiP028.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiP #28 (65 MB .mp3, 91 minutes). Links for this …

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Dickson Despommier’s Parasitic Diseases lectures

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Professor Dickson Despommier, co-host of TWiV and TWiP, and well known for his ideas about vertical farming, taught parasitology to medical, dental, and nursing students at Columbia University’s College of Physicians & Surgeons for 38 years. Below are videocasts of the six lectures from the final version of his course, Parasitic Diseases, which he taught …

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TWiP 25: Wuchereria bancrofti

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier On episode #25 of the podcast This Week in Parasitism, Vincent and Dickson review Wuchereria bancrofti, the nematode that causes lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twip/TWiP025.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiP #25 (32 MB .mp3, 67 minutes). Links for this episode: Adults of Wuchereria bancrofti in …

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TWiP 24: Onchocerca volvulus, a vector-borne, filarial nematode

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier On episode #24 of the podcast This Week in Parasitism, Vincent and Dickson discuss the life cycle and pathogenesis of Onchocerca volvulus, the vector-borne filarial nematode parasite that causes onchocerciasis, or river blindness. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twip/TWiP024.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiP #24 (59 MB .mp3, 82 minutes). …

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TWiP 23: Strongyloides stercoralis, a most unusual parasite

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier On episode 23 of the podcast This Week in Parasitism, Vincent and Dickson review the life cycle and pathogenesis of the world’s most unusual parasite, Strongyloides stercoralis. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twip/TWiP023.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiP #23 (74 MB .mp3, 103 minutes) TWiP is brought …

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