Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Vincent and Dickson review the finding that urocanic acid in the skin is a chemoattractant for the parasitic nematode Strongyloides stercoralis.

Download TWiP #71 (60 MB .mp3, 84 minutes).

Links for this episode: * Strongyloides stercoralis (TWiP #71) * Urocanic acid is a S. stercoralis chemoattractant (PNAS) * Chemical trails of parasites (PNAS) * Urocanic acid (Wikipedia) * Candiru (Wikipedia) * Your Inner Fish (PBS) * Letters read on TWiP 71

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