Maria Adelaida Gomez joins TWiP to discuss her career and the work of her laboratory on understanding the healing process during cutaneous leishmaniasis.
Eyal joins TWiP to solve the case of the Female Traveler with Intermittent Fever and Ring Enhancements in the Liver.
TWiP 228: Parasitic fountain of youth
- February 6, 2024
- Tagged as: ant worker, malaria, monoclonal antibody, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, tapeworm, vaccine
TWiP discusses a tapeworm that causes extreme lifespan extension in infected ant workers, and a candidate antibody drug for prevention of malaria.
TWiP 227: Alpha-gal syndrome
- January 19, 2024
- Tagged as: alpha-gal, childhood stunting, lone star tick, parasite, parasitism, parasitology
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.
TWiP 226: Successful systems attract parasites
- January 3, 2024
- Tagged as: childhood stunting, climate change, malaria, parasite, parasitism, parasitology
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.
TWiP 225: Wandering worm with Lee Gottesdiener
- December 20, 2023
- Tagged as: loa loa, loiasis, Ostertagia ostertagi, parasite, parasitism, parasitology
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.
TWiP 224: Neglected tropical diseases roadmap with Chuck Knirsch
- December 12, 2023
- Tagged as: malaria, neglected tropical diseases, NTD roadmap, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, trachoma, WHO
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.
TWiP 223: Voluminous diarrhea
- November 28, 2023
- Tagged as: diarrhea, malaria, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, vaccine
TWiP solves the case of the Haitian female with AIDS and voluminous diarrhea, and review the pathogenesis, epidemiology, prevention and treatment of malaria Chagas disease.
TWiP 222: Balamuthia in the brain with Natasha Spottiswoode
- October 31, 2023
- Tagged as: amebic encephalitis, Balamuthia, nitroxoline, parasite, parasitism, parasitology
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.
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.
