TWiP is a monthly netcast about eukaryotic parasites. Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier, science Professors from Columbia University, deconstruct parasites, how they cause illness, and how you can prevent infections.
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TWiP 63: Plasmodium of the apes
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Vincent and Dickson discuss evidence that the malaria parasite originated in gorillas.
Links for this episode:- Great apes and zoonoses (Science)
- Source of human malaria (PNAS)
- Origin of human malaria parasite in gorillas (Nature)
- Ape Plasmodium in Cameroon not infecting humans (PNAS)
- No Plasmodium in greater spot-nosed monkey (Int J Parasit)
- TWiP 13: Toxoplasmosis
- Image credit
- Letters read on TWiP 62
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