The Lancet Infectious Diseases in conversation with

Feb 23 2024 117 ep. 10 mins 822
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Saleha Hassan, Senior Editor at The Lancet Infectious Diseases, in conversation with the journal’s authors, explores their latest research and its impact on people’s health, healthcare, and health policy.

A monthly audio companion to the journal, this podcast covers a broad range of topics, from polio eradication in Africa to COVID-19 vaccines in Hong Kong, the treatment of early syphilis in adults to Mpox in the UK, and more.

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Prasad Kulkarni on dengue monoclonal antibodies

Feb 23 2024 18 mins  
Prasad Kulkarni discusses a new Phase I trial in The Lancet Infectious Diseases on a dengue monoclonal antibody also known as VIS513 in healthy adults. In addition, he highlights the wider implications of this for dengue control and drug development.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/ S1473-3099(24)00030-6/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_g

Oriol Mitjà on treatment of early syphilis in adults

Jan 08 2024 15 mins  
Oriol Mitjà discusses a new trial in The Lancet Infectious Diseases on the use of oral linezolid compared with benzathine penicillin G for the treatment of early syphilis in adults. He also highlights what the trial means for treatment of syphilis.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(23)00683-7/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_

Sofia Viegas and Stefan Niemann on emerging bedaquiline resistance in Mozambique

Nov 10 2023 24 mins  
Sofia Viegas and Stefan Niemann discuss a new article in The Lancet Infectious Diseases about emerging bedaquiline resistance in Mozambique and its implications for drug resistant tuberculosis and the fight to end tuberculosis.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(23)00498-X/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_laninfContinue

Luciano Moreira and Henrik Salje on Wolbachia control of mosquito-borne infections

Sep 27 2022 17 mins  
Luciano Moreira and Henrik Salje discuss a new article in The Lancet Infectious Diseases describing the use of the Wolbachia bacteria to control the spread of mosquito-borne dengue and chikungunya in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Read the full article:Estimating the effect of the wMel release programme on the incidence of dengue and chikungunya in Rio de Janeiro, BrazilContinue this conve

Richard Maude on malaria chemoprophylaxis in Cambodia

Sep 27 2022 12 mins  
Richard Maude discusses a new article in The Lancet Infectious Diseases that assesses the efficacy of malaria chemoprophylaxis among forest goers in Cambodia.Read the full article:Antimalarial chemoprophylaxis for forest goers in southeast AsiaContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.

Ben Cowling on COVID-19 vaccines in Hong Kong

Jul 15 2022 20 mins  
Ben Cowling discusses a new article in The Lancet Infectious Diseases describing the protection that vaccines are providing against COVID-19 in Hong Kong.Read the full article:Vaccine effectiveness of one, two, and three doses of BNT162b2 and CoronaVac against COVID-19 in Hong KongContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagr

Hugh Adler on monkeypox in the UK

May 26 2022 18 mins  
Hugh Adler discusses a new article in The Lancet Infectious Diseases describing the management and the clinical features for seven patients with monkeypox hospitalised in the UK between 2018 and 2021.Read the full article:Clinical features and management of human monkeypox: a retrospective observational study in the UKContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https:

Beate Kampmann, Karen Keddy, and Peter Ghazal on applying big data to childhood infectious diseases in LMICs

Dec 14 2021 22 mins  
Prof Beate Kampmann, Dr Karen Keddy, and Prof Peter Ghazal discuss a new cross-journal Series in The Lancet Infectious Diseases and EBioMedicine addressing the potential for and challenge of applying big data to childhood infectious diseases in LMICs.Read the full Series:https://www.thelancet.com/series/big-data-childhood-infections-LMICs Continue this conversation on social!Follow

Laura Cooper and Sam Okiror on polio eradication in Africa

Oct 12 2021 21 mins  
A new article highlights how changing immunity profiles motivate the need for better responses to outbreaks of polio in Africa.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(21)00453-9/fulltextContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelance

Paul Chapman on a hookworm vaccine

Aug 19 2021 20 mins  
Paul Chapman and colleagues presents the results of an innovative trial assessing the safety of vaccinating healthy volunteers with attenuated Necator americanus hookworm larvae. Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(21)00153-5/fulltextContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://insta