TWiP 59: Apicomplexity

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Vincent and Dickson update the multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, discuss the avian malaria parasite P. lophurae, and review protection against malaria by intravenous immunization with a nonreplicating sporozoite vaccine.

Links for this episode:

• Cyclosporiasis outbreak in US (CDC)
• Extraordinary history of REV (PLoS Biology)
• Avian malaria (Ann NY Acad Sci)
• P. lophurae (J Parasitol)
• TWiP infects TWiV (TWiV 248)
• Intravenous malaria vaccine (Science)
• Unconventional malaria vaccine (Science)
• Image of apicomplexan structure: Wikipedia
• Letters read on TWiP 59

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