This Week in Parasitism

TWiP solves the case of the AIDS patient who developed fever and watery diarrhea after drinking NYC tap water, and present a new case for your sleuthing. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello  and  Daniel Griffin Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV  Discord server Cryptosporidium ( TWiP 18 ) Letters read  on TWiP 239 Become a  patron...

Michael Barrett joins TWiP to discuss progress in the elimination of human African trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense . Hosts:  Daniel Griffin ,  Dickson Despommier  and  Christina Naula Guest:  Michael Barrett Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV  Discord server Elimination of human  African trypanosomia...

Marilyn Fabbri joins TWiP to reveal the case of a patient who became very ill after he and a number of friends attended a large dinner where venison and boar were served. Hosts:  Daniel Griffin ,  Dickson Despommier  and  Christina Naula Guest:  Marilyn Fabbri Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV  Discord server Toxoplasma g...

Marion Avril of MalarVx, Inc. joins TWiP to discuss an accelerated prime-and-trap regimen using repRNA-based circumsporozoite vaccine. Hosts:  Dickson Despommier  and  Christina Naula Guest:  Marion Avril Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV  Discord server Please support our work at  microbe.tv/contribute repRNA-based  CSP...

TWiP solves the case of a man in his 50s reporting months of abdominal discomfort, who takes mebendazole and some time afterwards vomits a worm into the sink. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Dickson Despommier ,  Daniel Griffin , and  Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV  Discord server Please support our work...

TWiP discusses hookworm infection and the phase 1 clinical trial for a hookworm vaccine that could one day protect children from the hookworm anaemia, and reduce transmission of this infection. Hosts:  Dickson Despommier ,  Daniel Griffin , and  Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV  Discord server Please supp...

TWiP solves the case of the physician with no significant previous medical history who is currently doing their fellowship training develops diarrhea, and presents a new clinical case for our astute listeners to solve. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Dickson Despommier ,  Daniel Griffin , and  Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode...

TWiP reviews the cellular lives of Wolbachia, a gram-negative bacteria that infects many arthropods and filarial nematodes with very different outcomes – parasitism or mutualism. Hosts:  Dickson Despommier ,  Daniel Griffin , and  Christina Naula Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV  Discord server Please support our work at ...

TWiP solves the case of the Woman With White Worms, and presents a new clinical case to decipher. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Dickson Despommier ,  Daniel Griffin , and  Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV  Discord server Please support our work at  microbe.tv/contribute Hero:  Ann Bishop Become a  patron...

Maria Adelaida Gomez joins TWiP to discuss her career and the work of her laboratory on understanding the healing process during cutaneous leishmaniasis. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Dickson Despommier ,  Daniel Griffin , and  Christina Naula Guest: Maria Adelaida Gomez Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode CIDEIM Healing in  cutaneous leishma...

Eyal joins TWiP to solve the case of the Female Traveler with Intermittent Fever and Ring Enhancements in the Liver. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Dickson Despommier ,  Daniel Griffin , and  Christina Naula Guest:  Eyal Leshem Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Become a  patron  of TWiP Case Study for TWiP 229 Woman in her 40s is referred to...

TWiP discusses a tapeworm that causes extreme lifespan extension in infected ant workers, and a candidate antibody drug for prevention of malaria. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Dickson Despommier ,  Daniel Griffin , and  Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Extreme lifespan extension  in tapeworm-infected ant workers (Roy Soc O...

Jim Small joins TWiP to solve the case of the 41 year old Man with sudden GI distress and itchy hives, followed by a discussion of parasites and childhood stunting. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Dickson Despommier ,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Guest: Jim Small Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Parasites and  childhood stunting  (T...

TWiP reviews some parasite stories of 2023, including progress in the control of malaria and polio, and review a connection between parasites and childhood stunting. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Dickson Despommier ,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Second  malaria vaccine  (Nature) Malaria report  202...

Lee Gottesdiener joins TWiP to help solve the case of the 46 Year Old Man with Ongoing Upper Extremity Swelling, and review plant‑based production of a protective vaccine antigen against the bovine parasitic nematode Ostertagia ostertagi. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Dickson Despommier ,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Lin...

Chuck Knirsch returns to TWiP to discuss the Neglected Tropical Diseases Roadmap published by WHO, which sets global targets and milestones to prevent, control, eliminate or eradicate 20 diseases and disease groups. Chuck Knirsch returns to TWiP to discuss the Neglected Tropical Diseases Roadmap published by WHO, which sets global targets and milestones to prevent, control, eliminate or eradicate...

TWiP solves the case of the Haitian female with AIDS and voluminous diarrhea, and review the pathogenesis, epidemiology, prevention and treatment of malaria and Chagas disease. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Dickson Despommier ,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Click arrow to play Download  TWiP #223  (63 MB .mp3, 88 minutes) Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email...

At the meeting of the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygeine in Chicago, Natasha joins TWiP to solve the case of the Man with a Generalized Seizure and Infectious Forms in the Brain. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Dickson Despommier ,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Guest:  Natasha Spottiswoode Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this epi...

Michelle and Alexander join TWiP to solve their case of the 36 Year Old Male with shortness of breath, stinging pain in the extremities, fatigue, abdominal cramps, and bowel irregularities, and discuss host cell invasion by  Trypanosoma cruzi . Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Dickson Despommier ,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Guests: Michelle Naegeli and Alexander Grieb Subscribe (free):  Ap...

TWiP solves the case of the Hiker from Queens who Denies Bug Bites, and reveal two different malaria experimental vaccines that target different parts of the parasite life cycle. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Dickson Despommier ,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Malaria  transmission-blocking  vaccine...

TWiP solves the case of the 19 month old Female Having Issues, and discusses the finding that selection for insecticide resistance can promote  Plasmodium falciparum  infection in  Anopheles mosquitoes. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello , Dickson Despommier,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Insecticide resist...

TWiP solves two cases this week, the Man with Issues after COVID-19, and the Man with Left Arm Weakness, then describe how the malaria parasite evades mosquito immunity by glutaminyl cyclase–mediated posttranslational protein modification. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode M...

TWiP solves the case of the Man With Dog Exposure, and discuss rapid and spontaneous post-partum clearance of  Plasmodium falciparum related to expulsion of the placenta. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Post-partum  clearance of  P. falciparum  (J Inf Dis) Letters read  on...

Eyal joins TWiP to solve the case of the case of the Feverish Patient from Israel, and reveals his training and experience with travel medicine in Israel. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Dickson Despommier,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Guest:  Eyal Leshem Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Letters read  on TWiP 216 Become a  patron  of...

TWiP solves the case of the case of the boy in Uganda with a mobile piece of spaghetti in the gallbladder, and reviews papers on female genital schistosomiasis in rural Madagascar, and a volatile sex attractant of tsetse flies. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Dickson Despommier,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this epi...