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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episode 173: Rose colored spots
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin
The podcastellani hosts solve the case of the Sailor With Dysentery, and reveal the first virus discovered in Plasmodium species.
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Links for this episode:- Matryoshka RNA virus of Plasmodium (bioRxiv)
- Hero: Rose Gana Fomban Leke
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Case Study for TWiP 173Successful individual in NY area with 9 months of epigastric pain. Did upper endoscopy, saw in stomach several small mobile white serpiginous moving objects. 2.8 mm. Seem to be trying to burrow into gastric mucosa. One grabbed and sent to lab. History: curious habit of curing his own protein sources.
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Music by Ronald Jenkees