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.
TWiP 220: Denies any bug bites
- August 20, 2023
- Tagged as: babesia, malaria, mRNA vaccine, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, T cell, tick, vaccine
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.
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.
TWiP 218: Malaria parasite evades mosquito
- June 29, 2023
- Tagged as: glutaminyl cyclase, immune evasion, malaria, mosquito, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, Plasmodium
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.
TWiP 217: ChatGPT solves the case
- June 5, 2023
- Tagged as: Echinococcus, hydatid cyst, malaria, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, placenta, Plasmodium falciparum
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.
TWiP 216: A challenging case
- May 1, 2023
- Tagged as: clinical case, fever, malaria, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, Plasmodium knowlesi
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.
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. Image of Ascaris courtesy of Ryan Relich.
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…
TWiP 213: One deadly snail with Jessie Stone, MD
- February 4, 2023
- Tagged as: parasite, parasitism, parasitology, schistosomiasis
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.
TWiP 212: The Man from Mali with Shauna Gunaratne
- December 26, 2022
- Tagged as: cutaneous leishmaniasis, Mali, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, sandfly
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…