This Week in Parasitism

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 #3 - Trichinella spiralis


Vincent and Dick distinguish among intracellular and extracellular parasites, then discuss the history and general characteristics of Trichinella spiralis.

Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Links for this episode:
  • The History of Trichinella at Trichinella.org
  • Parasite genome databases at the European Bioinformatics Institute
  • List of parasite genome projects
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 December 28, 2009  1h3m