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

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

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Mar 31, 2011

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Vincent and Dickson discuss the life cycle and pathogenesis of Onchocerca volvulus, the vector-borne filarial nematode parasite that causes onchocerciasis, or river blindness.

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Mar 31, 2011

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TWiP #15: Tryp the light fantastic: Vincent and Dickson discuss the life cycle and pathogenesis of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode: Metacyclic trypanomastigote (jpg) Tsetse fly (jpg) T. brucei life cycle... by This Week in Parasitism
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TWiP #20 - The whipworm Trichuris trichiura: Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of nematodes with the whipworm Trichuris trichiura. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode: Trichuris trichiura adult female (jpg) Trichuris trichiura adult... by This Week in Parasitism
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TWiP #8 - Frog legs and parasite tales: Dickson reads his story about sparganosis caused by the diphyllobothroid tapeworm Spirometra mansonoides. by This Week in Parasitism
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TWiP #26 - The schistosomes: Vincent and Dickson take on the schistosomes, agents of a series of related diseases in humans referred to as schistosomiasis. by This Week in Parasitism
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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. by This Week in Parasitism
82 min listen

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

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