This Week in Parasitism (TWiP) #26: The schistosomes

Vincent and Dickson take on the schistosomes, agents of a series of related diseases in humans referred to as schistosomiasis.

Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

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TWiP #26 (68 MB .mp3, 95 minutes)

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• Pair of adult schistosomes (jpg) 
• Adult schistosomes in situ (jpg)
• Adult schistosomes in venule (jpg)
• S. mansoni adult (jpg)
• S. mansoni egg (jpg)
• S. haematobium eggs in bladder wall (jpg)
• S. japonicum egg (jpg)
• Schistosome egg in small intestine forming granuloma (jpg)
• Schistosome cercaria (jpg)
• S. mansoni life cycle (jpg)
• S. japonicum life cycle (jpg)
• S. haematobium life cycle (jpg)
• Letters read on TWiP 26

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