This Week in Parasitism

TWiP is a monthly netcast about eukaryotic parasites. Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier, science Professors from Columbia University, deconstruct parasites, how they cause illness, and how you can prevent infections.

This Week in Parasitism is a science podcast hosted by Vincent Racaniello, with 288 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Vincent Racaniello hosts This Week in Parasitism, a science show with 288 episodes published.

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  Episode #289

  TWiP 289: Dogs, Parasites, and an Exhausted Immune System

  Oct 2, 202658 min

  TWiP explains a single-cell analysis of immune cells in the blood of dogs with canine leishmaniosis, providing a detailed picture of how the immune response changes as the disease progresses. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , RSS , email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Single immune cell atlas of canine leishmaniosis (iScience) Clinical staging in CanL (LeishVet) TWiP study – information and survey Become a patron of TWiP Send your questions and comments to twip@microbe.tv Music by Ronald Jenkees

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  Episode #288

  TWiP 288: Taco Bell and the Case of the Runny Jobbies

  Sep 21, 20261h 7m

  TWiP solves the case of the NYC woman in her 30s who developed 3 weeks of significant watery diarrhea after eating at a Taco Bell Restaurant. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , RSS , email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Letters read on TWiP 288 Parasite of the month – Parelaphostrongylus tenuis — meningeal worm (brainworm) Wikipedia entry P. tenuis in ruminants (Food Animal Pract) P. tenuis in white-tailed deer (Int J Parasitol Parasites and Wildlife) TWiP study – information and survey New Case Early teen, otherwise healthy, develops rash, for a few weeks, problem at night. All over the body. Helps with backyard chicken coop, plays with chickens. Dad looks through bedding, finds tiny red mobile things. Suggest changing bedding, tell teen not to help with chickens. Then rash disappears in a few days. Become a patron of TWiP Send your questions and comments to twip@microbe.tv Music by Ronald Jenkees

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  Episode #287

  TWiP 287: A Vaccine Against Schistosomiasis? SchistoShield Heads to Phase 2

  Sep 8, 202647 min

  Mumtaz Balkhi joins TWiP to discuss phase 1 and 1b trials of the schistosomiasis vaccine SchistoShield which demonstrate that it induces functional immune memory responses in US and African populations. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Guest: Mumtaz Y. Balkhi Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , RSS , email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server SchistoShield Phase 1 and 1b results (npj Vaccines) TWiP study – information and survey Become a patron of TWiP Send your questions and comments to twip@microbe.tv Music by Ronald Jenkees

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  Episode #286

  TWiP 286: Pinworms keep coming back! How to stop reinfection in your home

  Aug 27, 20261h 12m

  TWiP solves the case of the adult female with a 2 year old child who develops anal irritation, but the child and the husband are fine. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , RSS , email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Letters read on TWiP 286 Hero – Otto Wucherer TWiP study – information and survey New Case Recent case. Woman in 20s, lives in NYC, goes to urgent care with 3 weeks of significant watery diarrhea, not improving. Otherwise healthy, no travel, works in office in NYC, at some point prior to onset she ate at a Taco Bell. Put on twice a day medication, molecular test of stool confirms diagnosis. Don't know when, or what she ate. Trying to replenish fluid losses. Not immunosuppressed. Become a patron of TWiP Send your questions and comments to twip@microbe.tv Music by Ronald Jenkees

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  Episode #285

  TWiP 285: Why Is Cyclospora So Hard to Contain? Parasitologists Explain the 2026 US Outbreak

  Aug 6, 202653 min

  TWiP reviews our current understanding of the biology of Cyclospora , the parasite currently causing a large multistate outbreak in the US traced to contaminated lettuce, and why it is so difficult to control. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Christina Naula Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , RSS , email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Current Knowledge of Cyclospora cayetanensis (Comp Rev Food Sci Food Safety) TWiP study – information and survey Become a patron of TWiP Send your questions and comments to twip@microbe.tv Music by Ronald Jenkees

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