Parasites 101: Ascaris lumbricoides
Parasitology teacher and writer and the author of the book, Parasites: Tales of Humanity's Most Unwelcome Guests, Rosemary Drisdelle joined me on the episode to discuss the soil-transmitted helminth, ...
26 Jul 201718min
A new Lyme disease test: Dr Richard Marconi discusses the GLD Test
One of the main issues with Lyme disease is the testing, or the diagnostics as the current two-tier diagnostic approach can be inaccurate up to fifty percent of the time. Professor in the School of Me...
25 Jul 201711min
Talking Hepatitis A with Dr Amesh Adalja
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says "Hepatitis" means inflammation of the liver. The liver is a vital organ that processes nutrients, filters the blood, and fights infections. Wh...
22 Jul 201711min
Cholera: The disease, the Yemen crisis and the vaccine
Since the Haiti cholera outbreak began in October 2010, months after the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake, more than 800,000 cases have been reported, including about 9500 deaths. Although the numbers have de...
22 Jul 201714min
Lyme disease, Stevia and the quest for better treatments
Lyme disease is a tickborne disease caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferii in which antibiotics are the standard treatment. However, this type of treatment is not always effective and relapses ...
21 Jul 20179min
Mumps: Why it's seen a resurgence
Visiting Scientist at the University of Guelph, Jason "The Germ Guy" Tetro, joined me to discuss mumps and the reasons it has made a comeback. Jason gives a thorough talk on mumps and talks about why ...
19 Jul 201719min
Gain-of-function experiments
In this Aug. 2013 interview following a correspondence published in the journal, Nature, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Columbia University and founder of Virology Blog, Vincent Racaniell...
18 Jul 20179min
Influenza: What is the H and what is the N?
H1N1, H7N9, H5N1--we hear this "alphanumeric" description of various influenza, or flu viruses all the time. In this short clip from an older interview, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Col...
16 Jul 20173min
