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TWiP 287: A Vaccine Against Schistosomiasis? SchistoShield Heads to Phase 2

Release Date: 09/08/2026

TWiP 287: A Vaccine Against Schistosomiasis? SchistoShield Heads to Phase 2

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Mumtaz Balkhi joins TWiP to discuss phase 1 and 1b trials of the schistosomiasis vaccine SchistoShield which demonstrate that it induces functional immune memory responses in US and African populations. Hosts: , , and Guest: Subscribe (free): , , , Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Phase 1 and 1b results (npj Vaccines) Become a of TWiP Send your questions and comments to Music by

TWiP 286: Pinworms keep coming back! How to stop reinfection in your home

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TWiP solves the case of the adult female with a 2 year old child who develops anal irritation, but the child and the husband are fine. Hosts: , , and Subscribe (free): , , , Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV on TWiP 286 Hero – New Case Recent case. Woman in 20s, lives in NYC, goes to urgent care with 3 weeks of significant watery diarrhea, not improving. Otherwise healthy, no travel, works in office in NYC, at some point prior to onset she ate at a Taco Bell. Put on twice a day medication, molecular test of stool confirms...

TWiP 285: Why Is Cyclospora So Hard to Contain? Parasitologists Explain the 2026 US Outbreak

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TWiP reviews our current understanding of the biology of Cyclospora, the parasite currently causing a large multistate outbreak in the US traced to contaminated lettuce, and why it is so difficult to control. Hosts: and Christina Naula Subscribe (free): , , , Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV of Cyclospora cayetanensis (Comp Rev Food Sci Food Safety) Become a of TWiP Send your questions and comments to Music by

TWiP 284: It's not the pork

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TWiP solves the case of the 39-year-old man originally from Guatemala, who moved to one of the NYC boroughs in 2023 and presented with headaches for nearly 1 year. Hosts: , , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free): , , , Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV on TWiP 284 New Case Recent ID consult: MD/PhD mother doing research, married with child 2 yo, female develops anal irritation, husband is fine, child is fine. Parasitic etiology is considered. Referred to academic ID providers, turns out she had this etiology considered, had received some...

TWiP 283: Warming up to cryptosporidiosis

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TWiP reviews the projected impact of climate change on the burden of Cryptosporidium in Mali, Kenya, and The Gambia. Hosts: and Christina Naula Subscribe (free): , , , Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV on Cryptosporidium (J Inf Dis) on TWiP 283 Become a of TWiP Send your questions and comments to Music by

TWiP 282: Does he live in New York?

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TWiP solves the case of the nonbinary patient in his 30s with a history HIV/AIDS presenting with 3 weeks of subjective fevers, chills, generalized weakness and voluminous ostomy output. Hosts: , , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free): , , , Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Parasite of the Month: (the green-banded broodsac) on TWiP 282 New Case 39-year-old man originally from Guatemala, who moved to one of the NYC boroughs in 2023 and currently lives with his siblings and cousins, presented with headaches. He reports headaches for several...

TWiP 281: Ants under the influence

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TWiP reviews gene expression in wood ants infected with the larval lancet fluke, which causes them to leave their nest and attach to a flower until they are eaten by a grazing mammal. Hosts: , , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free): , , , Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Gene expression in wood ants (Mol Ecol) Visualisation of the master manipulator in the (Sci Rep) Become a of TWiP Send your questions and comments to Music by

TWiP 280: The wriggling diagnosis

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TWiP solves the case of the 3 yo child, who recently immigrated to the US from Central America, in the ER with acute right lower quadrant abdominal pain and a rather active serpiginous wormlike ‘thing’ wiggling away in the child’s appendix. Hosts: , , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free): , , , Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Hero: on TWiP 280 New Case 3 yo child who recently immigrated to the US from Central America is brought in to the ER with acute right lower quadrant abdominal pain. The mother is concerned about the pain as...

TWiP 279: Tolling for hookworms

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TWiP reviews a phase 2 clinical trial of a recombinant vaccine against N. americanus glutathione S-transferase-1, an enzyme that performs a crucial enzymatic step in hookworm blood feeding. Hosts: , , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free): , , , Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Phase 2 clinical trial (Lancet Inf Dis) Phase 2 clinical trial (Vaccines) Become a of TWiP Send your questions and comments to Music by

TWiP 278: Trichinella from eating bear eyeballs

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TWiP solves the case of the male in his 20s from Hokkaido, Japan, who developed fatigue and rash, followed by fever and myalgia 6 days later, after eating a raw bear eyeball. Hosts: , , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free): , , , Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Hero: Sir Nicholas White (1951 – 2026) (, ) on TWiP 278 New Case 3 yo child who recently immigrated to the US from Central America is brought in to the ER with acute right lower quadrant abdominal pain. The mother is concerned about the pain as well as nausea and vomiting....

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Guest: Mumtaz Y. Balkhi

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