Lyme disease: The Borrelia mayonii discovery
A recent study published in the Entomological Society of America's Journal of Medical Entomology demonstrates the duration of attachment of a single nymphal blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) needed...
6 Heinä 201711min
23andMe: USF professor warns of privacy risks
23andMe is a popular company that offers genomic analysis for customers using a saliva sample. They offer ancestry testing and health and ancestry testing for 100-200 dollars. My guest for this show, ...
5 Heinä 201716min
Everything you wanted to know about rabies
Rabies is among the deadliest communicable diseases in the world with a case-fatality rate of ~100% with out post exposure treatment and vaccination. People usually get rabies from the bite of a rabid...
4 Heinä 201744min
Powassan virus: The spread is inevitable
Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health, Durland Fish, PhD joined me to discuss the tickborne virus, Powassan. Dr. Fish talked about the history of Powassan, signs and s...
3 Heinä 201715min
Raccoon roundworm: The rare and potentially lethal zoonosis
Baylisascaris procyonis is a roundworm found in the small intestines of raccoons. Humans get infected, albeit rarely (30-something cases have been reported; however, it is probably more common than do...
1 Heinä 201747min
Antibiotics: Skin infections and the FDA approval of Baxdela
The Food and Drug Administration recently approved a new antibiotic into the arsenal for treating serious acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI). Its called delafloxacin and goes ...
1 Heinä 20178min
Lyme: Q & A with Paul Auwaerter, MD
Lyme disease expert, Clinical Director for the Division of Infectious Diseases and Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Paul Auwaerter joined me to answer questions about Lyme disease diagnosti...
30 Kesä 201737min
The ABCs of melanoma
Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States and melanoma is the most dangerous type. In fact, Melanoma kills an estimated more than 10,000 people in the US annually. Board-certi...
29 Kesä 20179min
