TWiP 52: Not your ordinary unsegmented roundworm
This Week in Parasitism · Vincent Racaniello
March 16, 20131h 9m
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Show Notes
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Vincent and Dickson review the life cycle and pathogenesis of the giant kidney worm, Dioctophyme renale.
Links for this episode:- Dioctophymiasis (CDC)
- Dioctophyme renale (Wikipedia)
- Fatal bilateral dioctophymiasis (J Parasitol)
- Clinical Parasitology by Paul C. Beaver
- D. renale in a dog (Vet. Parasitol.)
- Surgical removal of D. renale (YouTube)
- Letters read on TWiP 52
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