This Week in Parasitism
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 HD  TWiP 35: Malaria control with David FidockVincent and Dickson discuss control of malaria with their Columbia ... Vincent and Dickson discuss control of malaria with their Columbia University colleague David Fidock. 
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 HD  TWiP #34 - Up against the WolbachiaVincent and Dickson discuss control of malaria and filariasis with ... Vincent and Dickson discuss control of malaria and filariasis with the bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia. 
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 HD  TWiP #33 - Hide and seekVincent and Dickson review an in silico pipeline for identifying ... Vincent and Dickson review an in silico pipeline for identifying molecular mimicry candidate proteins in the genomes of parasites, and catch up on listener email. 
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 HD  TWiP #32: Evasive trypanosomes and schistosomesVincent and Dickson discuss immune evasion by the cruzain protease ... Vincent and Dickson discuss immune evasion by the cruzain protease of T. cruzi, and novel tetraspanin antigens of S. japonicum. 
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 HD  TWiP #31 - A malaria vaccineVincent and Dickson discuss the promising results of a phase ... Vincent and Dickson discuss the promising results of a phase III trial of a malaria vaccine in African children. 
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 HD  TWiP #30 - Global infectious disease control with Charles KnirschVincent and Dickson have a broad-ranging conversation with Charles Knirsch ... Vincent and Dickson have a broad-ranging conversation with Charles Knirsch of Pfizer, Inc. about how public-private partnerships can function to control and eliminate infectious diseases. 
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 HD  TWiP #29 - Neglected tropical diseases with Peter HotezVincent and Dickson converse with Peter Hotez about global health, ... Vincent and Dickson converse with Peter Hotez about global health, vaccinology, and neglected tropical diseases. 
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 HD  TWiP #28 - Medical entomology with Robert W. GwadzVincent and Dickson discuss medical entomology with Robert W. Gwadz, ... Vincent and Dickson discuss medical entomology with Robert W. Gwadz, Assistant Chief of the Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research at NIAID. 
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 HD  TWiP #27 - TrematodesVincent and Dickson continue their discussion of trematodes, or flukes, ... Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of trematodes, or flukes, which have a snail as a reservoir host. 
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 HD  TWiP #26 - The schistosomesVincent and Dickson take on the schistosomes, agents of a ... Vincent and Dickson take on the schistosomes, agents of a series of related diseases in humans referred to as schistosomiasis. 
