50: MAY-laria 2025!

Salaam! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions about Malaria:What's up with the malaria life cycle?Are there different kinds of malaria?Can you ever be truly cured of malaria, or is it with you forever once you catch it?Can I take a self-testing kit when I travel?Is there a malaria vaccine?Is mefloquine really neurotoxic?Is it safe fore me to just watch out for malaria instead of taking medication?We hope you enjoy this podcast! If so, please follow us on the socials @germ.and.worm, subscribe to our RSS feed and share with your friends! We would so appreciate your rating and review to help us grow our audience. And, please send us your questions and travel health anecdotes: [email protected] we hope you will join us for the upcoming UW Travel Medicine CME, June 26-27, 2025, In Seattle and online. Our Disclaimer: The Germ and Worm Podcast is designed to inform, inspire, and entertain. However, this podcast does NOT establish a doctor-patient relationship, and it should NOT replace your conversation with a qualified healthcare professional. Please see one before your next adventure. The opinions in this podcast are Dr. Sanford’s & Dr. Pottinger’s alone, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the University of Washington or UW Medicine.

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