Michael Barrett joins TWiP to discuss progress in the elimination of human African trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense. Hosts: <a href="http://parasiteswithoutborders.com/">Daniel Griffin</a>, <a title="" href= "http://www.trichinella.org/">Dickson Despommier</a> and <a title="" href= "https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infectionimmunity/staff/christinanaula/">Christina Naula</a> Guest: <a title="" href= "https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infectionimmunity/staff/michaelbarrett/">Michael Barrett</a> Subscribe (free): <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-parasitism/id340512495">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href= "https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL3R3aXAubWljcm9iZXdvcmxkLmxpYnN5bnByby5jb20vcnNz">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href= "http://twip.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/rss">RSS</a>, <a href= "http://eepurl.com/Gcw59">email</a> Links for this episode <ul> <li>Join the MicrobeTV <a title="" href= "https://discord.gg/vmnCyBPQds">Discord server</a></li> <li>Elimination of human <a title="" href= "https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0012091">African trypanosomiasis</a> (PLoS NTD)</li> <li>Hero: <a title="" href= "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27928980/">David Livingstone</a></li> </ul> Become a <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of TWiP  Send your guesses to <a href= "mailto:twip@microbe.tv">twip@microbe.tv</a> with TWiP 237 in the subject line Send your questions and comments to <a href= "mailto:twip@microbe.tv">twip@microbe.tv</a> Music by <a href="http://www.ronaldjenkees.com/">Ronald Jenkees</a>

TWiP 239: Cryptosporidiosis from NYC tap water in an AIDS patient

TWiP is a monthly netcast about eukaryotic parasites. Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier, science Professors from Columbia University, deconstruct parasites, how they cause illness, and how you can prevent infections.