TWiP 165: The sound of crackles

from This Week in Parasitism · host Vincent Racaniello

The TWiP team solves the case of the Four Year Old with Fever, Headache, and Cough, and discuss the release of extracellular vesicles from Leishmania amazonensis that manipulate the host immune response. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiP. Links for this episode: Crackles (Wikipedia) Extracellular vesicles released by L. amazonensis (Front Microbiol) Hero: Marietta Voge Image credit Letters read on TWiP 165 Case Study for TWiP 165 Still in Uganda. Young boy came from a distance to see Daniel, teenager with large swelling in scrotum, left side, 4-6 cm diameter, superior to testicle. Not only young man in area with similar problem. Daniel asked, are there people with large swollen legs? He said yes, my brothers wife, left leg is large, swollen, irregularity. Nontender. Can be transilluminated, and it glows. Send your case diagnosis, questions and comments to [email protected] Music by Ronald Jenkees

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