This Week in Parasitism (TWiP) #34: Up against the Wolbachia

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Vincent and Dickson discuss control of malaria and filariasis with the bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia.

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Links for this episode:

• Targeting Wolbachia for antifilarial therapy (PLoSNTD)
• Wolbachia inhibits malaria parasite (PLoS One)
• Letters read on TWiP 34

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