The Dreaded Lurgy Lara van Lelyveld and Kylie van Zyl

We're back, and this week our topic is river blindness, or onchocerciasis, an ongoing major public health challenge in South America, Yemen and Africa. Join us for a quick and upsetting tour of fly bites, worm sex, antiparasitic drugs, and eradication campaigns • Theme music is "Valerie Plain" by Rondo Brothers.
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What affects sailors, Irish peasants, rich babies and picky eaters (especially those who smoke)? What makes your teeth fall out and your gums bleed? What may actually be worse than half-rotten salt beef with a side of weevils? This week it's not groovy, it's scurvy. • Theme music is "Valerie Plain" by Rondo Brothers. Also featuring "Drunken Sailor" by Cooper Cannell and record scratch.wav by luffy.
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We'll be back soon, we promise!
MUSIC
Hustle by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100793
Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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Remember the last time a pandemic threatened the Olympics? Revisit the 2015-2016 Zika Virus epidemic with us, taking in socieconomic inequality, pesticides, Ugandan forests and sympathy for the devil along the way.
SOUND ATTRIBUTIONS:
botanical gardens park tropical jungle birds crickets distant wind through trees echo Entebbe, Uganda, Africa 2016.wav by kyles -- https://freesound.org/s/406925/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 
Flying Mosquito.wav by Zywx -- https://freesound.org/s/188708/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
SELECTED SOURCES
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5760164/?report=printable 
https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0007994
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/08/opinion/the-zika-virus-and-brazilian-womens-right-to-choose.html 
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/02/zika-white-house-cdc-congress/458943/ 
https://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/02/health/zika-forest-viral-birthplace/index.html
https://www.who.int/bulletin/online_first/16-171082/en/

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This week it’s all about fungal skin infections, aka ringworm. Tune in as Lara delves into the grisly history of treatment and Kylie tries her best not to have hysterics.
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Trench foot bedeviled troops during World War One, and it’s still a challenge today. Join us for a whip round the world of wet socks, whale oil, imperialist trade networks, and military boot design.
Further Reading:
That great article by Captain Basil in 1916: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2347526/pdf/brmedj07049-0006.pdfThe article from which I got that fantastic turn of phrase "hygienic negligence" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1002454/pdf/westjmed00118-0089.pdf
Backing for "Dulce Et Decorum Est":
Coughing by BOBtheROSS -- https://freesound.org/s/407839/ -- License: Creative Commons 0Cough by Fabrizio84 -- https://freesound.org/s/457972/ -- License: Creative Commons 0Cough.wav by Harris85 -- https://freesound.org/s/208761/ -- License: Creative Commons 0017_Toser-009.wav by aabbccddee123 -- https://freesound.org/s/469442/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 double_cough_01.wav by joedeshon -- https://freesound.org/s/266019/ -- License: Attributionflare fire into sky with tail.wav by kyles -- https://freesound.org/s/450833/ -- License: Creative Commons 0Incoming Artillery.wav by bendodge -- https://freesound.org/s/170991/ -- License: AttributionGunfire by qubodup -- https://freesound.org/s/205588/ -- License: Creative Commons 0FIELD_LA Rain_Park_Under Umbrella-Running in mud_02.wav by WilliamJMeyer -- https://freesound.org/s/465676/ -- License: Creative Commons 0steady late night rain.WAV by mshahen -- https://freesound.org/s/242892/ -- License: Attribution Firefight by TheBuilder15 -- https://freesound.org/s/404334/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
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