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EPISODE · Sep 25, 2013 · 1H 10M

TWiP 60: Urine a game of cat and mouse

from This Week in Parasitism

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson discuss how infection with Toxoplasma gondii causes mice to lose their aversion to cat urine, even after the parasites have been cleared. Links for this episode: T. gondii in mice causes loss of aversion to cat urine (PLoS One) Cyclosporiasis update (CDC) Letters read on TWiP 60 Listener Pick Blaine - The Worm Within Contact Send your questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected] Subscribe (free) Subscribe to TWiP (free) in iTunes, by the RSS feed or by email

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