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This Week in Parasitism

This Week in Parasitism

By: Vincent Racaniello
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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.Vincent Racaniello 2022 Biological Sciences Science
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  • TWiP 276: Travel history is the key
    Mar 23 2026

    TWiP solves the case of the man in his 60s experiencing weight loss, fatigue, and loss of appetite.

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula

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    • Hero: Bailey K. Ashford
    • Letters read on TWiP 276
    • TWiP study – information and survey

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    Male in his 20s from Hokkaido, Japan, developed fatigue and rash, followed by fever and myalgia 6 days later. He was a group of five individuals on a hunting trip prior to this and reports that 3 friends are just fine but one other individual developed similar symptoms. He reports that they had been hunting the Ussuri brown bear, which is larger and more aggressive than the Asian black bear. They had been successful and all five of them had consumed well cooked bear meat. He does share that he is aware of infectious risk from eating bear and thus the meat was well cooked. He and the one fellow hunter who did get sick were unique in that they each ate one of the eye balls raw. This is a tradition that is felt to give the consumer the great vision that these animals are purported to have.

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    Music by Ronald Jenkees

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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • TWiP 275: Novel malaria vector control
    Mar 12 2026

    TWiP reviews the effectiveness of long-lasting spatial repellent emanators against malaria in humanitarian crisis settings in northern Nigeria, and Dengue suppression by male Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes.

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula

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    • Spatial emanators for malaria control (Lancet Inf Dis)
    • Dengue suppression with Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes (NEJM)
    • Singapore Environmental Health Institute (TWiV 630)
    • TWiP study – information and survey

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    42 mins
  • TWiP 274: Four tablets for bloating
    Feb 17 2026

    TWiP solves the case of the 40 year old male who travels to India and develops intestinal bloating and diarrhea.

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula

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    • Join the MicrobeTV Discord server
    • Hero: Glenn L. Hoffmann
    • Fish and seafood consumption (Our World in Data)
    • Wild fish vs aquaculture (Our World in Data)
    • TWiP study – information and survey

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    Music by Ronald Jenkees

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    48 mins
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