Plague: Transmission, pathology, diagnosis and treatment
Today we learned that the Madagascar plague outbreak is spreading rapidly throughout the country with UN health officials now reporting some 1300 cases and more than 100 deaths since August. Last time...
21 Okt 201716min
Lymphatic filariasis in Nigeria: The battle against the disfiguring parasitic disease
Nigeria has over 120 million people at risk nationwide for the mosquito borne parasitic disease, lymphatic filariasis. The most populous country in Africa follows only India as far as endemicity. Last...
18 Okt 201717min
Plague: The pandemics and more recent history
Plague has a long and storied history throughout the centuries, rivaled by only smallpox. In this podcast, I look briefly at the three major plague pandemics-The Justinian Plague, the Black Death and ...
18 Okt 201718min
'What is a virus?' and other questions answered
As many of you know, I've been doing a series on the podcast titled Parasites 101. I thought I'd something similar with virology and viruses and I reached out to who I feel is clearly one of the best ...
14 Okt 201712min
Halloween costumes: The health risks of novelty contact lenses
With Halloween about two weeks away, people are getting prepared putting together the most detailed costumes, much different than when I was a kid, I might add. While they are transforming themselves ...
14 Okt 20179min
Parasites 101: Hookworms
To date we've covered several different types of parasites on the podcast--protozoa, tapeworms and roundworms.On today's episode of Parasites 101 on Outbreak News Interviews, we'll be looking another ...
11 Okt 201710min
Tickborne diseases: Laboratory diagnosis and treatment
While most tick bites do not transmit infectious disease, some very serious infections can be contracted from the bite of this vector. There are more than a dozen tickborne diseases in the United Stat...
6 Okt 201736min
LymeDisease.org's Lorraine Johnson discusses MyLymeData and a new NSF grant
Last month, The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a three-year, $800,000 grant to explore predictive analytic techniques using data collected by the MyLymeData patient registry. LymeDiseas...
3 Okt 20177min
