The Lancet Microbe in conversation with
Editors at The Lancet Microbe, in conversation with the journal’s authors, explore their latest research and its impact on people’s health, healthcare, and health policy.
A monthly audio companion to this open access journal, this podcast covers a broad range of topics, from using probiotics to reduce Staphylococcus aureus, to phage therapy and monitoring antimicrobial resistance using faecal metagenomes, and more.
Podcasting since 2021 • 22 episodes
The Lancet Microbe in conversation with
Latest Episodes
Amber Barton on mass drug administration to eradicate yaws in Papua New Guinea
Phoebe Ashley-Norman of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Amber Barton about the neglected tropical disease, yaws. Efforts to eradicate yaws were first made in the 1950s through a WHO and UNICEF campaign that reduced yaws prevalence by 90%, but it r...
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Britt Koskella on bacteriophages as a signature of microbiome health
Elena Dalla Vecchia of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Dr Britt Koskella about bacteriophages and phageome, their role in modulating the bacteriome, their potential use as signatures of microbiome health and dysbiosis, and hence, indirect...
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Christian Malaka and Livia Patrono on the surveillance of mpox in the Central African Republic
Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Dr Christian Malaka and Dr Livia Patrono on mpox in the Central African Republic and how researchers are using genomic surveillance to provide insights into th...
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Sam Lipworth and Nicole Stoesser on genotypic and phenotypic antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli
Elena Dalla Vecchia talks with Dr Sam Lipworth and Prof Nicole Stoesser about the challenges and variability in genotypic predictions of antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli, about which they have published two papers in Th...
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Anastasia Theodosiou on controlled human infection with Neisseria lactamica in pregnancy
Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Dr Anastasia Theodosiou about performing a controlled human infection study in pregnant women investigating mother-to-infant transmission of Neisseria lactamica.Read the f...
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