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Tag: onchocerciasis

TWiP 159: Loa and Loa but not gone

  • September 28, 2018

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.

TWiP 129: Human kindness, river blindness

  • March 15, 2017

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.

TWiP 94: Loa hanging fruit

  • September 5, 2015

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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