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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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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.

    Prasad Kulkarni on dengue monoclonal antibodies

    Prasad Kulkarni on dengue monoclonal antibodies

    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.

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    • 18 min
    Oriol Mitjà on treatment of early syphilis in adults

    Oriol Mitjà on treatment of early syphilis in adults

    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.

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    • 15 min
    Sofia Viegas and Stefan Niemann on emerging bedaquiline resistance in Mozambique

    Sofia Viegas and Stefan Niemann on emerging bedaquiline resistance in Mozambique

    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.

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

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

    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.

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    Estimating the effect of the wMel release programme on the incidence of dengue and chikungunya in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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    • 17 min
    Richard Maude on malaria chemoprophylaxis in Cambodia

    Richard Maude on malaria chemoprophylaxis in Cambodia

    Richard Maude discusses a new article in The Lancet Infectious Diseases that assesses the efficacy of malaria chemoprophylaxis among forest goers in Cambodia.

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    Antimalarial chemoprophylaxis for forest goers in southeast Asia
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    • 12 min
    Ben Cowling on COVID-19 vaccines in Hong Kong

    Ben Cowling on COVID-19 vaccines in Hong Kong

    Ben Cowling discusses a new article in The Lancet Infectious Diseases describing the protection that vaccines are providing against COVID-19 in Hong Kong.

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    Vaccine effectiveness of one, two, and three doses of BNT162b2 and CoronaVac against COVID-19 in Hong Kong
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    • 20 min

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