by Vincent Racaniello
TWiP is a monthly netcast about eukaryotic parasites. Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier, science Professors from Columbia University, deconstruct parasites, how they cause illness, and how you can prevent infections.
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April 20, 2025
Vincent Racaniello, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula analyze a case of a man in Malaysia presenting with fever, chills, and other symptoms after visiting the jungle, exploring potential parasitic infections.
April 4, 2025
<p>TWiP explains a study that carries out selection of Plasmodium falciparum in the presence of inhibitors to identify determinants of drug resistance, and a paleoparasitological analysis of a 5th–16th c. CE latrine.</p> <p>Hosts: <a title="" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello"><strong>Vincent Racaniello</strong></a>, <a title="" href= "http://www.parasiteswithoutborders.com/"><strong>Daniel Griffin</strong></a>, and Christina Naula</p> <p>Subscribe (free): <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-parasitism/id340512495">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href= "https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL3R3aXAubWljcm9iZXdvcmxkLmxpYnN5bnByby5jb20vcnNz">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href= "http://twip.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/rss">RSS</a>, <a href= "http://eepurl.com/Gcw59">email</a></p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Links for this episode</strong></h3> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Join the MicrobeTV <a title="" href= "https://discord.gg/vmnCyBPQds">Discord server</a></li> <li>Naegleria fowleri acquired at <a title="" href= "https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/74/wr/mm7410a2.htm?s_cid=mm7410a2_w">splash pad</a> (MMWR)</li> <li>Determinants of P. falciparum <a title="" href="https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adk9893">drug resistance</a> (Science)</li> <li><a title="" href= "https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/parasitology/article/paleoparasitological-analysis-of-a-15th16th-c-ce-latrine-from-the-merchant-quarter-of-bruges-belgium-evidence-for-local-and-exotic-parasite-infections/0129A058DBFF38CF7A4E9882206B7949"> Paleoparasitological analysis</a> of 5th–16th c. CE latrine (Parasitol)</li> </ul> <p>Become a <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of TWiP </p> <p>Send your questions and comments to <a href= "mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p> <p>Music by <a href="http://www.ronaldjenkees.com/">Ronald Jenkees</a></p>
March 22, 2025
<p>Michelle Labrunda joins TWiP to solve the case of the Georgian in Guinea with fever and dry cough, and describe a new case for you to solve.</p> <p>Hosts: <a title="" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello"><strong>Vincent Racaniello</strong></a>, <a title="" href= "http://www.parasiteswithoutborders.com/"><strong>Daniel Griffin</strong></a>, and Christina Naula</p> <p>Guest: Michelle Labrunda</p> <p>Subscribe (free): <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-parasitism/id340512495">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href= "https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL3R3aXAubWljcm9iZXdvcmxkLmxpYnN5bnByby5jb20vcnNz">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href= "http://twip.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/rss">RSS</a>, <a href= "http://eepurl.com/Gcw59">email</a></p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Links for this episode</strong></h3> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Join the MicrobeTV <a title="" href= "https://discord.gg/vmnCyBPQds">Discord server</a></li> <li><a title="" href= "https://www.microbe.tv/twip/twip-255-letters/">Letters read</a> on TWiP 255</li> </ul> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">New Case</h3> <p>A man who is on eculizumab, a recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody that targets complement protein C5 which serves as a terminal complement inhibitor, comes in with left arm swelling. He lives in a city in the north part of the island of Borneo. He is being managed by a doctor in the Malaysian City of Kuching. Now the doctor caring for this man is married to an Infectious Disease expert and she raises concerns that this might be due to a parasitic disease. She is told by the husband that the disease of which she is thinking is not present in the region. She is not swayed and admits him for nightly blood smears which are negative. She then does a rapid immunochromatographic dipstick test that is positive. He lives in a community outside the city and they go to that village and find others with limb swelling issues who are also positive on antigen testing. He is treated with an antibiotic, not antiparasitic for 4 weeks and the arm improves. Hint: this is not Wuchereria Bancrofti.</p> <p>Become a <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of TWiP </p> <p>Send your questions and comments to <a href= "mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p> <p>Music by <a href="http://www.ronaldjenkees.com/">Ronald Jenkees</a></p>
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