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This Week in Parasitism

Vincent Racaniello

TWiP 277: Rif-ing on river blindness

APR 21, 202663 MIN
This Week in Parasitism

TWiP 277: Rif-ing on river blindness

APR 21, 202663 MIN

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TWiP 277: Rif-ing on river blindness April 21, 2026 TWiP reviews the global, regional, and national burden of Chagas disease, and comparison of doxycycline and rifampicin for the treatment of onchocerciasis. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Burden of Chagas' disease (Lancet Inf Dis) Doxycycline vs rifampicin in treatment of river blindness (Open For Inf Dis) The kissing bug by Daisy Hernandez TWiP study – information and survey Become a patron of TWiP Send your questions and comments to [email protected] Music by Ronald Jenkees