The TWiP team solves the case Two Ghanians Near A Fast-Flowing River, and discuss a promising new drug for treatment of African trypanosomiasis. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula Click arrow to play Download TWiP #204 (95 MB .mp3, 79 minutes) Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS,  Links for this episode Oral fexinidazole for African trypanosomiasis (Lancet) Hero: Madeline Albright Letters read on TWiP 204 Become a patron of TWiP Case Study for TWiP 204 Pregnant woman, 20 yo, living in ..read more

The TWiP team solves the case of the Shopkeeper with Thirst, Rash, and low Blood Oxygen, then review a study on the effect on survival to adulthood in Tanzania of mosquito net use in early childhood. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula Click arrow to play Download TWiP #203 (95 MB .mp3, 79 minutes) Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS,  Links for this episode Mosquito net use in Tanzania (NEJM) Michiaki Takahashi (Wikipedia) Letters read on TWiP 203 Become a patron of TWiP Case Study fo ..read more

Sara from the Febrile Podcast joins the TWiP team at The Incubator to solve the case of the Man With an Egg Laden Colonic Mass, and Daniel presents a new puzzle for us to solve. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula Guest: Sara Deng Click arrow to play Download TWiP #201 (72 MB .mp3, 60 minutes) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS,  Links for this episode Febrile podcast Hero: Eloise Blaine Cramm Support MicrobeTV at Parasites Without Borders Letters read on TWiP 202 Become a patron of TWiP Case ..read more

The TWiP team solves the case of the Man with a Cat and Ring Enhancing Lesions, and discuss domestic mammals as reservoirs for Leishmania donovani on the Indian subcontinent. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula Click arrow to play Download TWiP #201 (72 MB .mp3, 60 minutes) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS,  Links for this episode Reservoirs for Leishmania (Transboundary Emerg Dis) Support MicrobeTV at Parasites Without Borders Letters read on TWiP 201 Become a patron of TWiP Case Study for ..read more

The TWiP team solves the case of the Gentleman from New York with Intestinal Issues, and review a 20 year study of butterflies, their associated parasitoid wasp and Wolbachia introduced into an island community. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula 200Click arrow to play Download TWiP #200 (41 MB .mp3, 68 minutes) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS,  Links for this episode Accidental parasitoid introduction (Mol Ecol) Hero: Gerald Keusch Support MicrobeTV at Parasites Without Borders Letters read on TWiP ..read more

The TWiP team solves the case of the Traveler to Tanzania with a Purple Lesion, and discuss Mosquirix, the first vaccine approved for Plasmodium parasites. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula Click arrow to play Download TWiP #199 (41 MB .mp3, 68 minutes) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS,  Links for this episode PWB on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter Historic malaria vaccine (Nature) Efficacy and safety of RTS,S/AS01 (Lancet) Letters read on TWiP 199 Become a patron of TWiP Case Study for TWiP ..read more

The TWiP quadfecta solves the case of the Traveler With Watery Diarrhea, and reveals that a heat-shock response regulated by a transcription factor protects human malaria parasites from the high temperatures of fever. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula Click arrow to play Download TWiP #198 (39 MB .mp3, 64 minutes) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS,  Links for this episode PWB on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter Malaria parasite resists fever due to heat shock response (Nat Micro) Malaria beats the heat ..read more

TWiP solves the case of the Adventurous Eater with Areas of Swelling, and discusses an experimental Trypanosoma vivax vaccine comprising an invariant flagellum antigen. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula Click arrow to play Download TWiP #197 (39 MB .mp3, 64 minutes) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS,  Links for this episode PWB on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter Experimental T. vivax vaccine (Nature) Letters read on TWiP 197 Become a patron of TWiP Case Study for TWiP 197 Gentleman in late 20 ..read more

TWiP solves the case of the Homeless Man With Skin Issues, and discusses an experimental mRNA based malaria vaccine. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Daniel Griffin Click arrow to play Download TWiP #196 (49 MB .mp3, 81 minutes) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS,  Links for this episode PWB on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter Entomophagy (TWiP 131) Malaria mRNA vaccine (NPJ vaccines) Letters read on TWiP 196 Become a patron of TWiP Case Study for TWiP 196 30 yo woman having areas of swelling in different parts of body, blood work shows elevated ..read more

Christina returns to the TWiP trifecta to solve the case of the Beachgoer with Red Lines on Her foot, and an experimental malaria vaccine based on the junctional region of the circumsporozoite protein displayed on a virus-like particle. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin Guest: Christina Naula Click arrow to play Download TWiP #195 (49 MB .mp3, 81 minutes) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS,  Links for this episode PWB on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter VLP-based malaria vaccine (Cell) Promise of a malaria vaccine (Ann Re ..read more