This Week In Parasitism

Vincent and Dick discuss the nurse cell, a unique structure formed in the host muscle by Trichinella species. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode: Infective muscle larva (jpg) Schematic of a larva invading a muscle cell Nurse cell formation (scroll down the page) Dickson's gallery of Trichinella images Electron micrographs of stichocytes Weekly Science Picks Dickson Every Living Thing by Rob Dunn