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TWiP 204: Near a fast-flowing river

  • March 28, 2022
  • Tagged as: African trypanosomiasis, fexinidazole, ivermectin, onchocerciasis, parasite, parasitism, river blindness

The TWiP team solves the case Two Ghanians Near A Fast-Flowing River, and discuss a promising new drug for treatment of African trypanosomiasis.

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TWiP 159: Loa and Loa but not gone

  • September 28, 2018
  • Tagged as: community treatment, ivermectin, loa loa, loiasis, microfilariae, onchocerciasis, parasite, parasitism, parasitology

The TWiP triptych solve the case of the 9/11 Survivor infested with parasites, and discuss the effect of community ivermectin treatment for onchocerciasis on Loa loa infections.

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TWiP 129: Human kindness, river blindness

  • March 15, 2017
  • Tagged as: autoimmunity, black fly, eosinophilia, Haycocknema perplexum, ivermectin, nodding syndrome, onchocerca volvulus, onchocerciasis, parasite, parasitism, river blindness
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The TWiP Masters solve the case of the Australian Wildlife Carer, and review evidence that nodding syndrome may be caused by an autoimmune reaction to the parasitic worm that causes river blindness.

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TWiP 94: Loa hanging fruit

  • September 5, 2015
  • Tagged as: Brugia malayi, c-abl, eukaryote, filaria, filariasis, Gleevac, imatinib, loa loa, lymphatic filariasis, macrofilaricide, microfilaricide, onchocerciasis, parasite, parasitism, tyrosine kinase, Wuchereria bancrofti

Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel solve the case about the man from El Salvador, and discuss the use of tyrosine kinase inhibitors to treat onchocerciasis and filariasis.

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