This Week in Parasitism #13: Toxoplasmosis

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

On episode 13 of the podcast This Week in Parasitism, Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of the obligate intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii with a consideration of the clinical consequences of infection and pathogenesis.

Download TWiP #13 (61 MB .mp3, 84 minutes)

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Links for this episode:

• Isopod fish parasites (thanks, Kevin!)


• Farmscraper on Word Spy (thanks, Mitchell!)


• Toxoplasma and personalities (thanks, Greg!)


• Science podcast (July 2) on parasites and intelligence (transcript - thanks, Jim!)


• Letters read on TWiP 13

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