This Week In Parasitism

Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel review how Viagra might be used to block transmission of Plasmodium falciparum, and introduce a new case study. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin Links for this episode: Malaria life cycle (jpg) cAMP regulates gametocyte infected erythrocyte deformability (PLoS Path) P. falciparum in bone marrow (Blood) Image credit Letters read on TWiP 91 Contact Send your questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twip@twiv.tv Subscribe Subscribe to TWiP (free) in iTunes, by the RSS feed or by email