Viral Load
The disease podcast for a diseased world! Hosts: Brett Bayles (a professor) & Andy Pupa (not a professor) gleefully explore the weird and wacky world of diseases on a changing planet.
Viral Load
I Got Worms
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Brett Bayles Professor / Andy Pupa not a professor
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Episode 10
On this week's episode Brett and Andy travel to Guinea to dive into the "little dragon from Medina" or as you may know it the Guinea Worm. They discuss how it went from pandemic to the verge of extinction and which U.S. President has made it his life's work to see the end of this intestinal terror.
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Resources
https://www.statnews.com/2016/08/26/guinea-worm-eradication-setback/
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/arts/artsspecial/jimmy-carters-fight-against-the-guinea-worm.html
http://www.deadlysins.com/guinea-worm
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/10/04/767177987/the-end-of-guinea-worm-was-just-around-the-corner-not-anymore
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