TWiP 277: Rif-ing on river blindness
From This Week in Parasitism by Vincent Racaniello
April 21, 2026 · 1h 4m · Episode 277
About this episode
The episode discusses the burden of Chagas disease and compares treatments for river blindness.
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 twip@microbe.tv Music by Ronald Jenkees
People in this episode
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Daniel Griffin, Christina Naula
Topics covered
- Chagas disease
- onchocerciasis
- doxycycline
- rifampicin
- river blindness
- global health
Keywords
- Chagas disease
- onchocerciasis
- doxycycline
- rifampicin
- river blindness
- global health
- microbiology
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Lancet Inf Dis, Open For Inf Dis
Books & works: The kissing bug
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