TWiP 207: Accidental host with Claire Panosian, MD

This Week in Parasitism

Claire joins the TWiP team to discuss her training and experience as an infectious disease physician, and her transition to science communication, then we solve the case of the Honduran Male with Seizures.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula

Guest: Claire Panosian

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Links for this episode

• Claire’s website
• Claire’s videos (Vimeo)
• Letters read on TWiP 207

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Case Study for TWiP 207

Woman in 20s, spent time in Kenya 6 months prior, vomited up a worm. 0.5 cm in length. Sent to lab. Was moving. Earlier that day she went out with friends to sushi place, ate fish. Developed horrible abdominal pain, then vomited.

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Music by Ronald Jenkees