This Week in Parasitism

TWiP 104: La maladie du sommeil


Listen Later

Hosts: Vincent RacanielloDickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin

Guest: Michael Libman

Michael returns to help the TWiP trio solve the case of the Delusional African Expatriate, and discuss the association of natural and induced antibodies in mice with differential susceptibility to secondary cystic echinococcosis.

Links for this episode:
  • T. brucei life cycle (pdf)
  • Natural and induced antibodies in echinococcosis (Immunobiol)
  • The collaborative cross
  • Letters read on TWiP 104
  •  Case study for TWiP 104

    This week's case involves a young man in his thirties, admitted in hospital in Anchorage AK in early June. Chief complaint, severe muscle pain and tenderness. Usually healthy guy, 1 week ago had bad case of diarrhea with belly pain and vomiting, lasted a full week. Now has fever. Concerned because wife now is having diarrhea. Unremarkable history, unknown family history. HIV negative. All childhood vaccinations. Does not eat raw meat. No meds, does seasonal work, social drinker. Came back from successful hunt, got a black bear. Dressed in field, cooked at home really well. Wife also ate bear meat. Bear meat is in freezer. No vegetables. Also eats salmon which he caught the previous season, then frozen. Drinks water from the stream when he hunts. Physical exam: hot, 38.5, bp 115/75, pulse 105, breathing comfortably. Anxious, swelling around both eyes. Sclera not noted. Labs: WBC elevated 14,000, 30% eosinophils; chemistries fine; muscle enzymes LDH, CK elevated.

    Send your diagnosis to [email protected]

    Send your questions and comments to [email protected]

    ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store

    This Week in ParasitismBy Vincent Racaniello

    • 4.9
    • 4.9
    • 4.9
    • 4.9
    • 4.9

    4.9

    450 ratings


    More shows like This Week in Parasitism

    View all
    Hidden Brain by Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

    Hidden Brain

    43,660 Listeners

    This Week in Virology by Vincent Racaniello

    This Week in Virology

    2,060 Listeners

    MicrobeWorld Video by American Society for Microbiology

    MicrobeWorld Video

    29 Listeners

    Meet the Microbiologist by Ashley Hagen, M.S.

    Meet the Microbiologist

    37 Listeners

    Nature Podcast by Springer Nature Limited

    Nature Podcast

    764 Listeners

    This Week in Microbiology by Vincent Racaniello

    This Week in Microbiology

    518 Listeners

    This Week in Evolution by Vincent Racaniello

    This Week in Evolution

    169 Listeners

    Microbios by Brendaliz Santiago-Narvaez

    Microbios

    12 Listeners

    BacterioFiles by Jesse Noar

    BacterioFiles

    20 Listeners

    MicrobeWorld Video (audio only) by American Society for Microbiology

    MicrobeWorld Video (audio only)

    4 Listeners

    Editors in Conversation by American Society for Microbiology

    Editors in Conversation

    25 Listeners

    Science Magazine Podcast by Science Magazine

    Science Magazine Podcast

    826 Listeners

    Science Friday by Science Friday and WNYC Studios

    Science Friday

    6,338 Listeners

    This Week in Virology by Vincent Racaniello

    This Week in Virology

    232 Listeners

    In Defense of Plants Podcast by In Defense of Plants

    In Defense of Plants Podcast

    1,243 Listeners

    Immune by Vincent Racaniello

    Immune

    275 Listeners

    Annals On Call Podcast by American College of Physicians

    Annals On Call Podcast

    190 Listeners

    Short Wave by NPR

    Short Wave

    6,332 Listeners

    Public Health On Call by The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

    Public Health On Call

    623 Listeners

    The Curious Clinicians by The Curious Clinicians

    The Curious Clinicians

    372 Listeners

    MicrobeWorld Video HD by American Society for Microbiology

    MicrobeWorld Video HD

    4 Listeners

    Infectious Disease Puscast by Vincent Racaniello

    Infectious Disease Puscast

    85 Listeners