The Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp has launched a four-part podcast series entitled “Transmission”. Offered in English, this podcast offers an interesting insight into the world of infectious diseases, epidemics and the work done by researchers to understand and prevent them. It also takes listeners behind the scenes at the Institute that is know the world over.
The Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine produces a podcast about infectious diseases
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The first part of the podcast focuses on oubreaks of fatal diseases, from the discovery of Ebola in remote African villages to the recent fight against Covid-19 in crowded cities across the globe.
The first episode takes listeners to 1976 and a pivotal moment in the history of medicine, when the Institute of Tropical Medicine received a mysterious package. Inside this seemingly harmless thermos container were blood samples from a sick nun in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This marked the beginning of a frightening journey into the world of infectious diseases.
The podcast highlights the outbreaks of infectious diseases that followed and the rise of infectious diseases such as mpox, dengue and Zika.