12 episodes
Patient Zero NHPR
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4.8 • 5 Ratings
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How are medical mysteries solved? And what happens when questions remain? Patient Zero is an investigation of the spaces where people and pathogens collide. We take a deep dive in to the history – and mystery – of one of the fastest spreading epidemics of our time: Lyme disease. Learn more at www.patientzeropodcast.com.
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BONUS: Lyme AMA (Ask Me Anything)
Is it Lyme disease, or Lyme's disease? Can humans take the canine Lyme vaccine? Does everybody infected with Lyme also get co-infections? These are some of the listener questions we attempt to answer in this Bonus episode. It's the Lyme AMA!
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BONUS: Patient Otzi
The earliest known case of Lyme disease? Or the problem with correcting the
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BONUS: Horses & Zebras
The origin of ulcers. The rise and fall of a medical recommendation.
Certainty and science.
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EP 7: The Reservoir
Society inadvertently engineers an epidemic. Scientists debate whether or not to engineer a solution.
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Ep 6: The Non-A Non-B
An ambiguous case with no easy answers. Another growing epidemic, and an ethics question that might help explain Lymeworld.
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Bonus – LYMErix
In the late 90s you could get vaccinated against Lyme. Now you can't. What gives?
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