TWiP 277: Rif-ing on river blindness

April 21, 2026

TWiP reviews the global, regional, and national burden of Chagas disease, and comparison of doxycycline and rifampicin for the treatment of onchocerciasis.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula

Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email

Links for this episode

• Join the MicrobeTV Discord server
• Burden of Chagas' disease (Lancet Inf Dis)
• Doxycycline vs rifampicin in treatment of river blindness (Open For Inf Dis)
• The kissing bug by Daisy Hernandez
• TWiP study – information and survey

Become a patron of TWiP 

Send your questions and comments to twip@microbe.tv

Music by Ronald Jenkees