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TWiP 96: Salivary pharmacopeia
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Length:
103 minutes
Released:
Oct 3, 2015
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Podcast episode
Description
The TWiPanosomes solve the case about the Young Woman who Went to Belize, and relate how sandfly saliva skews the immune response and increases risk of cutaneous leishmaniasis.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin
Links for this episode:
Sandfly exposure and risk of cutaneous leishmaniasis (J Inf Dis)
TWiP 14: Leishmania
Image is L. longipalpis (credit)
Letters read on TWiP 96
Case study for TWiP 96
Daniel's patient for this week is male patient referred for consultation by OB-GYN: his wife is pregnant, has been admitted and is about the give birth. It is her first pregnancy. There are concerns about the husband's skin problem and whether it is a threat to his pregnant wife. No lesions on woman, husband recently developed itchy skin problem on his hands. Bilateral. Small papules on webs of fingers, brown lines, blood clots at ends, has clearly scratched the lesions. Skin between fingers is involved. Travels, often stays in cheap hotels. Beds not clean. Last trip 1 month before symptoms. Midwest travel. Family history of heart disease. Sales occupation. No animal exposure. Travels to medium to large cities.
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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin
Links for this episode:
Sandfly exposure and risk of cutaneous leishmaniasis (J Inf Dis)
TWiP 14: Leishmania
Image is L. longipalpis (credit)
Letters read on TWiP 96
Case study for TWiP 96
Daniel's patient for this week is male patient referred for consultation by OB-GYN: his wife is pregnant, has been admitted and is about the give birth. It is her first pregnancy. There are concerns about the husband's skin problem and whether it is a threat to his pregnant wife. No lesions on woman, husband recently developed itchy skin problem on his hands. Bilateral. Small papules on webs of fingers, brown lines, blood clots at ends, has clearly scratched the lesions. Skin between fingers is involved. Travels, often stays in cheap hotels. Beds not clean. Last trip 1 month before symptoms. Midwest travel. Family history of heart disease. Sales occupation. No animal exposure. Travels to medium to large cities.
Send your diagnosis to twip@twiv.tv
Contact
Send your questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twip@twiv.tv
Subscribe
Subscribe to TWiP (free) in iTunes, by the RSS feed or by email
Released:
Oct 3, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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