TWiP 101: Is it round or is it flat?
This Week in Parasitism · Vincent Racaniello
January 23, 20161h 51m
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Show Notes
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin
The doctors TWiP solve the case of the Woman with White Worms, and explain the role of a secreted growth factor from a carcinogenic parasite in wound healing and angiogenesis.
Links for this episode:
- Wound healing growth factor from carcinogenic parasite (PLoS Path)
- Opisthorchis (CDC)
- Opisthorchis life cycle (CDC)
- Image credit
- Letters read on TWiP 101
Ramon - Ancient Rome was infested with parasites
Case study for TWiP 101This week's case involves an uncommon parasite. Young girl,
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