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This Week in Parasitism

TWiP 40: Doctor, there's a worm in my eye!

73 min • 17 maj 2012

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Vincent and Dickson discuss loaiasis caused by the filarial nematode Loa loa.

Right-click to download TWiP #40 (52 MB .mp3, 73 minutes).

Links for this episode:

Albendazole therapy for US-bound refugees (NEJM)
Microfilaria of Loa loa (png)
Loa loa life cycle (png)
Letters read on TWiP 40

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