On episode 13 of the podcast This Week in Parasitism, Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of the obligate intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii with a consideration of the clinical consequences of infection and pathogenesis.

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Links for this episode:

• Isopod fish parasites (thanks, Kevin!)
• Farmscraper on Word Spy (thanks, Mitchell!)
• Toxoplasma and personalities (thanks, Greg!)
• Science podcast (July 2) on parasites and intelligence ( transcript – thanks, Jim!)
• Letters read on TWiP 13

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