Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A mother presents with persistent anal irritation. Initial treatment provides temporary relief, but her symptoms keep returning. Her husband and child remain symptom-free. Referred to an academic infectious disease specialist, further testing confirms a suspected parasitic infection. She receives appropriate treatment twice, yet still reports no improvement. What's going on?
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Deadline: August 14th 2026
Excerpt from TWiP 284: It's not the pork
TWiP solves the case of the 39-year-old man originally from Guatemala, who moved to one of the NYC boroughs in 2023 and presented with headaches for nearly 1 year.
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A mother presents with persistent anal irritation. Initial treatment provides temporary relief, but her symptoms keep returning. Her husband and child remain symptom-free. Referred to an academic infectious disease specialist, further testing confirms a suspected parasitic infection. She receives appropriate treatment twice, yet still reports no improvement. What's going on?
Email your guess to twip@microbe.tv with "TWiP 284 Guess" in the subject line.
Deadline: August 14th 2026
Excerpt from TWiP 284: It's not the pork
TWiP solves the case of the 39-year-old man originally from Guatemala, who moved to one of the NYC boroughs in 2023 and presented with headaches for nearly 1 year.
Show notes at microbe.tv/twip/twip-284
Become a patron of TWiP at microbe.tv/contribute
——————————— OUR SCIENCE PODCASTS ———————————
•This Week in Virology bit.ly/30uUhrX
•This Week in Parasitism bit.ly/3ndUNUZ
•This Week in Microbiology bit.ly/33tOUeO
•Beyond the Noise microbe.tv/btn
•This Week in Evolution bit.ly/3ne1bf5
•Immune bit.ly/2HOyCVb
•This Week in Neuroscience bit.ly/2So12Yd
•Infectious Disease Puscast bit.ly/3K4EKF0
•Matters Microbial microbe.tv/mm
•Office Hours youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGhmZX2NKiNlI2Creg0WZ7u5ORpbLVSsP
– Who Am I? –
I’m Vincent Racaniello, Earth’s Virology Professor, and I believe that education should be free.
I’m also a professor of virology at Columbia University in New York. I’ve been doing research on viruses since 1976, and teaching virology in classrooms and online since 1999. On this YouTube channel I share videos of my lectures, MicrobeTV podcasts, and more.
New videos are uploaded several times each week.
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