TWiP reviews the observation that infection of Azlheimer’s disease mice with Toxoplasma gondii reduces brain amyloid density globally and regionally. Hosts: <a title="" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello">Vincent Racaniello</a>, <a title="" href= "http://www.trichinella.org/">Dickson Despommier</a>, <a title="" href= "http://www.parasiteswithoutborders.com/">Daniel Griffin</a>, and Christina Naula 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 class="wp-block-list"> <li>Join the MicrobeTV <a title="" href= "https://discord.gg/vmnCyBPQds">Discord server</a></li> <li>Toxoplasma <a title="" href= "https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/230/Supplement_2/S165/7754704">reduces amyloid</a> in brain (J Inf Dis)</li> <li>Hero: <a title="" href= "https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00436-023-07791-w">Theodor Hiepe</a> (Parasitol Res)</li> </ul> Become a <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of TWiP  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 249: A virus and a parasite

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.