This Week in Parasitism #18: Cryptosporidium

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

On episode 18 of the podcast This Week in Parasitism, Vincent and Dickson discuss the intracellular parasite Cryptosporidium, which causes diarrheal disease in most mammalian species.

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Links for this episode:

• Cryptosporidium parvum electron micrograph (jpg)
• Cryptosporidium parvum meronts (jpg)
• Cryptosporidium parvum life cycle (jpg)
• Cryptosporidium page at CDC
• Letters read on TWiP 18

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