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 62: More bats out of hell
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Vincent and Dickson discuss the high diversity of malaria parasites in West African bats, and a vaccine against hookworm.
Links for this episode:- High diversity of West African bat malaria parasites (PNAS)
- Human hookworm vaccine (Vaccine)
- Gongylonema infection in human (Am J Trop Med Hyg)
- Letters read on TWiP 62
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