174: A Gathering Typhoid Storm

The TWiMsters explain why untreatable typhoid fever might be on the way, and the evolution of fungal virulence in tropical frogs.

Hosts: 

Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Elio Schaechter.

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Links for this episode

• Extensively drug resistant Salmonella typhi (mBio)

• A Gathering Storm (mBio)

• Typhoid vaccine recommendations (CDC)

• Changes in dynamics of frog fungal disease (Science)

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