This Week in Parasitism

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...

Kay Schaefer joins TWiP to solve the case of the German Male with Hematuria, and discusses Tropical Medicine Excursions, which provides patient-oriented training courses for healthcare professionals who wish to improve their clinical skills in tropical medicine and travelers' health in the endemic regions of Uganda, Tanzania and Ghana. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello , Dickson Despommier,  Daniel Griff...

Jessie Stone joins TWiP to solve the case of the Boy With a Swollen Belly, and discusses Soft Power Health, a clinic that she founded in Uganda to provide healthcare for people in need. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello , Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin Guest: Jessie Stone Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode • Soft Power Health • Letters read...

Shauna Gunaratne joins TWiP to solve the case of the Man from Mali with Painless Skin Lesions, and discuss her plans for a tropical medicine institute in New York City. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello ,  Dickson Despommier,  Daniel Griffin , and  Christina Naula Guest:  Shauna Gunaratne Click arrow to play Download  TWiP #212  (51 MB .mp3, 84 minutes) Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts ,  Google Podcast...

TWiP solves the case of the Man from Hong Kong with Multiple Comorbidities, and discuss safety and efficacy of a monoclonal antibody against malaria in Mali. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello , Dickson Despommier, Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Monoclonal antibody against malaria trial (NEJM) Hero: Stephen Ho...

From ASTMH2022 in Seattle, Aisha joins the TWiP team to talk about her training and her career, including delivering a baby on an airplane, and they solve the Case of the Heartsick Guatemalan Septuagenarian. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello , Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Guest: Aisha Khatib Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Aisha delivers...

The TWiP team solves the case of the Woman From Hawaii With Allodynia and abdominal pain, bilateral hip and leg pain, dizziness, and diffuse hyperesthesia. Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello , Dickson Despommier ,  Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free):  Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts ,  RSS ,  email Links for this episode Use coupon code MicrobeTV when purchasing a spike t-shirt from Va...