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Editors speak to the journal’s authors to explore their research and its impact on people’s health, health care, and health policy in this regular podcast.

The Lancet Infectious Diseases


    • Sep 27, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    Luciano Moreira and Henrik Salje on Wolbachia control of mosquito-borne infections

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2022 17:01


    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 conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

    Richard Maude on malaria chemoprophylaxis in Cambodia

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2022 12:44


    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 Asia

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    Ben Cowling on COVID-19 vaccines in Hong Kong

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2022 20:58


    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 Kong

    Hugh Adler on monkeypox in the UK

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2022 18:17


    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 UK

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2021 22:16


    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 

    Laura Cooper and Sam Okiror on polio eradication in Africa

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2021 21:34


    A new article highlights how changing immunity profiles motivate the need for better responses to outbreaks of polio in Africa. 

    Paul Chapman on a hookworm vaccine

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2021 20:57


    Paul Chapman and colleagues presents the results of an innovative trial assessing the safety of vaccinating healthy volunteers with attenuated Necator americanus hookworm larvae. 

    In conversation with... Josep Llibre

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 8:10


    Josep Llibre discusses a trial on the impact of same-day testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection before a concert on new COVID-19 cases in Barcelona, Spain.

    In Conversation With... Yap Boum

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 11:21


    Yap Boum (MSF) discusses his study done in Cameroon, which developed a promising testing strategy for COVID-19 to optimise the available resources .

    Antimalarial resistance in southeast Asia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2019 13:06


    Two studies in The Lancet Infectious Diseases describe how the spread of resistance to both dihydroartemisinin and piperaquine is compromising malaria therapy in South-East Asia

    Trial in phage therapy for burn infections

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2018 29:29


    A trial investigates the use of a cocktail of phages for the therapy of infections in patients with burns.

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    Pandemic influenza: 100 years

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2018 18:34


    Editor of The Lancet Infectious Diseases, John McConnell, discusses the 1918 influenza pandemic and the lessons that can be learnt from it with John Oxford and Jeffery Taubenberger.

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    Bedaquiline and delamanid combination for drug-resistant TB: The Lancet Infectious Diseases: February 13, 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2018 14:11


    Amir Shroufi discusses the early results assessing the safety and efficacy of the combination of bedaquiline and delamanid against drug-resistant tuberculosis.

    MERS and transchromosomic cows: The Lancet Infectious Diseases: January 10, 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2018 12:00


    John Beigel, an author, and Eddie Sullivan discuss a phase 1 study assessing the safety and tolerability of human antibodies manufactured in transchromosomic cows for treatment of MERS.

    PrEP in the UK: The Lancet Infectious Diseases: October 17, 2017

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2017 6:33


    Valentina Cambiano discusses the cost-effectiveness of pre-exposure prophylaxis medication in the UK.

    Polio in Afghanistan: The Lancet Infectious Diseases: August 14, 2017

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2017 16:23


    Christina Wayman talks to Gillian SteelFisher about polio vaccination in Afghanistan.

    Sexually transmitted infections: The Lancet Infectious Diseases: July 9, 2017

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2017 6:33


    Kit Fairley discusses The Lancet Infectious Diseases' new Commission on sexually transmitted infections.

    Infectious diseases in China post-SARS: The Lancet Infectious Diseases: April 12, 2017

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2017 22:56


    In our latest Chinese-language podcast, Linjuan Li discusses the epidemiology and evolution of infectious diseases in China in the decade since SARS with Lancet editor Helena Wang.

    MCR-1 in bacteraemia in China: The Lancet Infectious Diseases: January 27, 2017

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2017 20:45


    In this special Chinese language podcast, Helena Wang is joined by two authors of papers on MCR-1 to discuss their research.

    Inequities in Australian infectious diseases: The Lancet Infectious Diseases: 24 October

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2016 7:38


    Katherine Gibney discusses her paper on geographic variations and sociodemographic inequities in infectious disease notifications in Australia.

    TB Screening: The Lancet Infectious Diseases: March 21, 2016

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2016 9:49


    Rob Aldridge discusses the prevalence of and risk factors for tuberculosis in UK migrant.

    Zika virus in amniotic fluid: The Lancet Infectious Diseases: February 17, 2016

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2016 9:49


    Ana de Filippis discusses research on how Zika virus has been detected in the amniotic fluid of two pregnant women in Brazil.

    Lyme disease: The Lancet Infectious Diseases : February 5, 2016

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2016 7:38


    Dr. Bobbi Pritt discusses a newly discovered genospecies of Lyme borreliosis.

    Antibiotic resistance: The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Oct 16, 2015

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2015 7:38


    Ramanan Laxminarayan discusses the implications of antibiotic resistance for prophylaxis.

    Antimicrobial resistance: The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Sept 25, 2015

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2015 24:01


    Discussion of the effects of national antibiotic stewardship and infection prevention and control programmes on MRSA prevalence in Scotland.

    Ebola and malaria: The Lancet Infectious Diseases: June 23, 2015

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2015 6:33


    Mateusz Plucinski of the CDC discusses how Ebola has affected malaria control in Guinea.

    Soil-transmitted helminths: The Lancet Infectious Diseases: April 14, 2015

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2015 7:38


    Simon Brooker discusses a study looking into the feasibility of interrupting transmission of soil transmitted helminths.

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases: November 07, 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2014 9:49


    Rob Aldridge discusses the evidence base for tuberculosis screening of migrants.

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases: October 20, 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2014 7:38


    Arie van der Ende discusses a study looking into incidence of invasive group B streptococcal disease in newborn babies.

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases: August 06, 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2014 3:16


    Dr Rodrigo Hasbun discusses research into bacterial meningitis in the US.

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases: April 03, 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2014 8:44


    Herman Goossens talks to Nicolai Humphreys about new research into antibiotic use in eastern Europe.

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases: January 17, 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2014 13:06


    Yonatan Grad discusses the genomic epidemiology of antibiotic resistant gonorrhoea in the USA.

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases: October 07, 2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2013 6:33


    Sunil Badve discusses the use of antibacterial honey for the prevention of infections related to peritoneal dialysis.

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases: September 13, 2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2013 9:49


    Didier Menard discusses an assay which can identify artemisinin resistance in plasmodium falciparum malaria.

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases: July 09, 2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2013 7:38


    Mikhail Edelstein discusses antibiotic resistance in Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia.

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases: June 11, 2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2013 7:38


    Cathy Ison discusses a Review about antibiotic resistance in gonorrhoea.

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases: May 13, 2013

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2013 16:23


    Heidi Larson discusses an article about the use of existing public health surveillance systems to monitor public confidence in vaccine programmes.

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases: March 25, 2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2013 21:50


    The Lancet Infectious Diseases: February 01, 2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2013 10:55


    Daniela de Angelis discusses HIV incidence in England and Wales among men who have sex with men.

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases: December 19, 2012

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2012 10:55


    Paul Little discusses a trial to assess the value of antibiotic prescription for lower respiratory tract infection.

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases: October 26, 2012

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2012 15:17


    Mitchell Levy discusses an article about the Surviving Sepsis Campaign.

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases: October 05, 2012

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2012 9:49


    Gillian SteelFisher discusses the public health response to the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic.

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases: September 04, 2012

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2012 7:38


    Discussion of the direct and indirect effectiveness of an oral cholera vaccine deployed in a mass vaccination campaign in Zanzibar.

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases: July 27, 2012

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2012 10:55


    August issue highlights, including malaria vector control, meningitis type B vaccine, and HPV vaccination targeted at boys and young adults.

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases: June 27, 2012

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2012 12:00


    This month's Lancet Infectious Diseases podcast looks at a new mortality estimate for 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic.

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases: May 23, 2012

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2012 10:55


    Discussion of a Review about poor-quality antimalarials, and other June issue highlights.

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases: April 25, 2012

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2012 8:44


    John McConnell discusses highlights from the May issue of The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases: March 26, 2012

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2012 8:44


    April highlights, including discussion of a new antibiotic for C Difficile.

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases: February 23, 2012

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2012 13:06


    March issue highlights, including a point-of-care diagnostic test for tuberculosis.

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases: January 23, 2012

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2012 8:44


    February highlights, including discussion of HIV therapy, rotavirus, polio vaccination, and surgery for drug-resistant TB.

    The Lancet Infectious Diseases: December 22, 2011

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2011 18:34


    January issue highlights, including the launch of a series on Mass Gatherings Medicine

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