This Week in Parasitism #14: Leishmania

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

On episode 14 of the podcast This Week in Parasitism, Vincent and Dickson consider the life cycle and pathogenesis of the protozoan parasite Leishmania.

Download TWiP #14 (61 MB .mp3, 85 minutes)

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Links for this episode:

• 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

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