TWiP 247: Manhattan mystery malady
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TWiP solves the case of the Manhattan man with pain on urination or ejaculation, and presents a new case for you to solve. Hosts: , , , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free): , , , Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Hero: on TWiP 247 New Case A middle-aged male is referred to evaluation because of eosinophilia. This man is married, living here in the NY tristate area, and this was picked up on ‘routine blood work’ by his primary care doctor. This man had been in the military, serving as a marine, with time spent in Okinawa,...
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TWiP 246: Everything spiral: a worm in a hurry
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TWiP taps into Dickson’s knowledge of Trichinella to discuss an outbreak in humans who consumed rare bear meat, and the impact of globalization and climate change on the epidemiology of the species. Hosts: , , and Subscribe (free): , , , Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Outbreak of (CCDR) Impact of on Trichinella (Food Waterborne Parasit) on TWiP 246 Become a of TWiP Send your questions and comments to Music by
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TWiP 245: Flying purple people eater with Ben LaBrot
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Founder of Floating Doctors Ben LaBrot joins TWiP to solve the case of the 1 year old in northeastern Panama with a fatal leg infection, followed by a discussion of the history and mission of Floating Doctors. Hosts: , , and Guest: Subscribe (free): , , , Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV on TWiP 245 New Case A man in his early 20s comes in reporting pain when he urinates or ejaculates. He reports that he is sexually active. He does confide that he has been in a relationship with a woman but he had a sexual encounter outside this...
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TWiP 244: Engineering Toxoplasma
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Lilach Sheiner joins TWiP to talk about her career and her work on engineering Toxoplasma gondii secretion systems for intracellular delivery of multiple large therapeutic proteins to neurons. Hosts: , , and Guest: Subscribe (free): , , , Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Engineering T. gondii for (Nat Micro) Become a of TWiP Send your questions and comments to Music by
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TWiP 243: Don't blame it on Mexico
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TWiP solves the case of the Woman with White Worms, and submits a new case involving a 1 year old in northeastern Panama with a fatal leg infection. Hosts: , , , and Subscribe (free): , , , Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Enterobius, the pinworm () Hero: New Case This case comes from Panama mid summer 2024. A provider for Floating Doctors working in the coastal region in northeastern Panama. This case involves a one year old, so the history is a bit difficult, but there may have initially been a scratch or some sort of break in...
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TWiP 242: Worms impair COVID vaccines
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TWiP reviews a study showing that intestinal helminth infection impairs vaccine-induced T cell responses through an IL-10 pathway, which compromised protection against antigenically drifted SARS-CoV-2 variants. Hosts: , and Subscribe (free): , , , Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV impair COVID vaccines (Sci Trans Med) Heligmosomoides (Wiki Commons) Become a of TWiP Send your questions and comments to Music by
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TWiP 241: There once was a patient from China
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TWiP 240: A daily history of malaria with Sean Murphy
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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. Hosts: , and Guest: Subscribe (free): , , , Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV of Plasmodium infections (Lancet Microbe) Become a of TWiP Send your questions and comments to Music by
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TWiP 239: Cryptosporidiosis from NYC tap water in an AIDS patient
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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. Hosts: and Subscribe (free): , , , Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Cryptosporidium () on TWiP 239 Become a of TWiP New Case Man in his 70s originally from Mainland China, then Hong Kong who has been living in the US for decades is admitted to the hospital with fever for 6 days. He reports that he saw his primary care physician in Queens and was referred to the...
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TWiP 238: Eliminating sleeping sickness
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Michael Barrett joins TWiP to discuss progress in the elimination of human African trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense. Hosts: , and Guest: Subscribe (free): , , , Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Elimination of human (PLoS NTD) Hero: Become a of TWiP Send your guesses to with TWiP 237 in the subject line Send your questions and comments to Music by
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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula
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Sent by Michelle and Alexander from the First Vienna Parasitology Passion Club
A 36 year old male presents to the local ED with shortness of breath. Additional symptoms included a stinging pain in different parts of his extremities, fatigue, abdominal cramps and bowel irregularities. On exam he was resting comfortably and his vitals were normal, but the patient appears very distressed by his symptoms. His left eye showed signs of irritation, including redness and swelling. A detailed history reveals travel to the Caribbean about 4 years ago and several short trips to central and east Africa, all between 5 and 10 years ago. His initial labs were grossly unremarkable and a chest x-ray showed no abnormalities. The patient himself suspected a specific parasitic etiology of his symptoms, so we performed a number of serologies and stool examinations in search of parasitic diseases. None of the tests revealed evidence of an ongoing infection.
He is HIV negative and not sexually active at the moment. He has no pets and no other recent travel history. He eats a normal diet and has been out of work for two years.
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Michelle and Alexander from the First Vienna Parasitology Passion Club
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