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TWiP 240: A daily history of malaria with Sean Murphy

  • August 2, 2024
  • Tagged as: dried blood spot, malaria, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, Plasmodium, ribosomal RNA, RT-PCR, Uganda

Sean Murphy joins TWiP to discuss his career and the work of his laboratory to assess the daily natural history of asymptomatic Plasmodium infections in adults and older children in Katakwi, Uganda.

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TWiP 239: Cryptosporidiosis from NYC tap water in an AIDS patient

  • July 19, 2024
  • Tagged as: cryptosporidiosis, cryptosporidium, diarrhea, HIV/AIDS, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, tap water

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.

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TWiP 238: Eliminating sleeping sickness

  • July 5, 2024
  • Tagged as: Africana trypanosomiasis, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, sleeping sickness, Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

Michael Barrett joins TWiP to discuss progress in the elimination of human African trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense.

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TWiP 237: Pass the venison, deer with Marilyn Fabbri

  • June 21, 2024
  • Tagged as: boar, deer, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, toxoplasma, Trichinella, venison

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.

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TWiP 236: Prime-and-trap vaccine for malaria

  • June 1, 2024
  • Tagged as: malaria, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, prime and trap vaccination, self- replicating mRNA vaccine, vaccine

Marion Avril of MalarVx, Inc. joins TWiP to discuss an accelerated prime-and-trap regimen using repRNA-based circumsporozoite vaccine.

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TWiP 235: The case of the regurgitated wriggler

  • May 17, 2024
  • Tagged as: Ascaris lumbricoides, giant intestinal worm, mebendazole, nonsegmented worm, parasite, parasitism, parasitology

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.

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TWiP 234: Hookworms and a leech – parasites suck!

  • May 4, 2024
  • Tagged as: clinical trial, hookworm, Necator, paediatric, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, vaccine

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.

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TWiP 233: Cryptosporidium not cryptocurrency

  • April 19, 2024
  • Tagged as: cryptosporidium, diarrhea, Giardia, Nitazoxanide, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, watery diarrhea

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.

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TWiP 232: Lives of Wolbachia

  • April 5, 2024
  • Tagged as: mutualism, nematode, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, wolbachia

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.

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TWiP 231: Scotch in drink and tape

  • March 31, 2024
  • Tagged as: Enterobius, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, pinworm, tape test.

TWiP solves the case of the Woman With White Worms, and presents a new clinical case to decipher.

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