This Week in Parasitism (TWiP) #24: Onchocerca volvulus, a vector-borne, filarial nematode

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier On episode #24 of the podcast This Week in Parasitism, Vincent and Dickson discuss the life cycle and pathogenesis of Onchocerca volvulus, the vector-borne filarial nematode parasite that causes onchocerciasis, or river blindness.

Cight-click to download TWiP #24 (59 MB .mp3, 82 minutes).

Links for this episode:

• Cross-section of nodule induced by Onchocerca volvulus (jpg)
• Section of skin with O. volvulus microfilariae (jpg)
• O. volvulus microfilaria in skin (jpg)
• Skin snip with O. volvulus microfilariae (jpg)
• O. volvulus life cycle (jpg)
• Betsy's malaria life cycle in mosquito (jpg)
• Letters read on TWiP 24

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