Infectious: An infectious diseases podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Ep 7 Scabies (Pt 3): Hildegard has got it going on
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we'll be wrapping up our three-part series on Scabies, an infectious skin mite that is spread through skin-to-skin contact. We'll learn t...
Ep 6 Scabies (Pt 2): It started with an itch
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have you been looking for a good reason to not hold strangers' hands anymore? Ever wondered how exactly a parasite can live in your skin for months wi...
Ep 5 Scabies (Pt 1) : One more reason to get that rash checked out
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we'll be covering the first part of a three-part series on our new favourite disease.... SCABIES! For our start to this harrowing jou...
Ep 4 River Blindness/Onchocerciasis: One more reason to swat that fly on your sandwich
12 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ready to really feel your skin crawl? Then this month's episode on Onchocerca volvulus, a parasite that is able to infiltrate into the eye and skin to...
Ep 3 Campylobacteriosis: One more reason to hate Canadian Geese
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we'll take a deeper look into Campylobacter, one of the most prolific bacteria you might have never heard of. We'll cover the myriad of ways...
Ep 2 Syphilis: Mercury Saunas and Transatlantic Travel
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we'll take a sexy journey through history following the evolution of Syphilis from its tenuous origins in the Americas to the havoc it has c...
Ep 1 Kuru: One more reason why you shouldn‘t eat Grandma
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 1 we're talking about Kuru, AKA "The Laughing Death", the first infectious spongiform encephalopathy (I dare you to say that 10 times fast)...