TWiP #14 - Leishmania

This Week in Parasitism

English - August 12, 2010 02:30 - 1 hour - 58.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 433 ratings
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Vincent and Dickson consider the life cycle and pathogenesis of the protozoan parasite Leishmania.

Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

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L. braziliensis life cycle (jpg)
L. donovani life cycle (jpg)
L. tropica life cycle (jpg)
L. major lesion (jpg)
Transgenic mosquito delivers Leishmania vaccine (thanks, Geoffrey)
Plasmodium falciparum accompanied human expansion out of Africa (thanks, Prasad)
Who speaks for the guinea worm? (thanks, Michael)
Letters read on TWiP 14

Vincent and Dickson consider the life cycle and pathogenesis of the protozoan parasite Leishmania.

Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Links for this episode: