{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"TWiP 277: Rif-ing on river blindness","description":" 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:&amp;nbsp;Vincent Racaniello,&amp;nbsp;Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula Subscribe (free):&amp;nbsp;Apple Podcasts,&amp;nbsp;Google Podcasts,&amp;nbsp;RSS,&amp;nbsp;email Links for this episode  Join the MicrobeTV&amp;nbsp;Discord server Burden of&amp;nbsp;Chagas\u2019 disease&amp;nbsp;(Lancet Inf Dis)  Doxycycline vs rifampicin&amp;nbsp;in treatment of river blindness (Open For Inf Dis)  The kissing bug&amp;nbsp;by Daisy Hernandez TWiP study \u2013 information and survey  Become a&amp;nbsp;patron&amp;nbsp;of TWiP&amp;nbsp; Send your questions and comments to&amp;nbsp;twip@microbe.tv Music by&amp;nbsp;Ronald Jenkees  ","author_name":"This Week in Parasitism","author_url":"http:\/\/microbe.tv\/twip","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/40965790\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/a53939\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/40965790"}