Ep 4: The Bell Curve

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Ep 4: The Bell Curve

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Sep 5, 2019

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Lyme disease has been called the Great Imitator. And the Lyme disease tests have a fraught history.

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Sep 5, 2019

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How are medical mysteries solved? And what happens when questions remain? Patient Zero is an investigation of the spaces where people and pathogens collide. This season, we take a deep dive in to the history – and mystery – of one of the fastest spreading epidemics of our time: Lyme disease. Learn more at www.patientzeropodcast.com. A production of New Hampshire Public Radio.

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Introducing Patient Zero: A podcast investigating the spaces where people and pathogens collide. by Patient Zero
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Ep 1: The Triangle: In which we meet, for our purposes, the “Patient Zero” of Lyme disease. by Patient Zero
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Ep 4: The Bell Curve: Lyme spreads. Symptoms multiply. by Patient Zero
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Ep 3: The Vector: Lyme enters the body, and the body reacts. by Patient Zero
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Ep 4: The Bell Curve

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