Viral Load
The disease podcast for a diseased world! Hosts: Brett Bayles (a professor) & Andy Pupa (not a professor) gleefully explore the weird and wacky world of diseases on a changing planet.
Viral Load
TB Sniffing Rodents: HeroRATS
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Brett Bayles (a professor) / Andy Pupa (not a professor)
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Episode 66
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This week the guys take you on a trip down the rat hole. They discuss the incredibly accurate TB sniffing rats and how humans began domesticating animals for our benefit. So sit back relax and picture Linguini sniffing out TB instead of making delicious Disney dishes.
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sources
- https://apopo.org/support-us/adopt/?v=7516fd43adaa
- https://www.cdc.gov/tb/topic/basics/default.htm#:~:text=Tuberculosis%20(TB)%20is%20caused%20by,with%20TB%20bacteria%20becomes%20sick.
- https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01629-8#:~:text=The%20field%20got%20a%20huge,%2C%20malaria%20and%20COVID%2D19.
- https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/the-science-of-sniffs-disease-smelling-dogs
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/140816-rats-tuberculosis-smell-disease-health-animals-world
- https://www.cdc.gov/rodents/diseases/index.html