How are medical mysteries solved? And what happens when questions remain? Patient Zero is an investigation of the spaces where people and pathogens collide. We take a deep dive in to the history – and mystery – of one of the fastest spreading epidemics of our time: Lyme disease. Learn more at www.patientzeropodcast.com.
12 Available Episodes (12 Total)Average duration: 00:33:09
May 21, 2020
BONUS: Lyme AMA (Ask Me Anything)
00:43:56
Is it Lyme disease, or Lyme's disease? Can humans take the canine Lyme vaccine? Does everybody infected with Lyme also get co-infections? These are some of the listener questions we attempt to answer in this Bonus episode. It's the Lyme AMA!
An ambiguous case with no easy answers. Another growing epidemic, and an ethics question that might help explain Lymeworld.
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Sep 19, 2019
Bonus – LYMErix
00:14:34
In the late 90s you could get vaccinated against Lyme. Now you can't. What gives?
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Sep 12, 2019
Ep 5: The Laser
00:45:07
When it feels like doctors have closed the door to establishment medicine, another set of doors open. These doors lead to dubious providers, and untested treatments.
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Sep 05, 2019
Ep 4: The Bell Curve
00:39:34
Lyme disease has been called the Great Imitator. And the Lyme disease tests have a fraught history.
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Aug 29, 2019
Ep 3: The Vector
00:25:43
A perfect carrier of disease. A race underneath your skin. The part we know, before we get to the parts we don't.
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Aug 22, 2019
Ep 2: The Cluster
00:51:30
A meditation on the pace of science. An investigation in fits and starts. The beginning of a controversy.
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May 21 | 00:43:56
BONUS: Lyme AMA (Ask Me Anything)
May 14 | 00:15:39
BONUS: Patient Otzi
May 07 | 00:17:32
BONUS: Horses & Zebras
Oct 03 | 00:51:58
EP 7: The Reservoir
Sep 26 | 00:47:54
Ep 6: The Non-A Non-B
Sep 19 | 00:14:34
Bonus – LYMErix
Sep 12 | 00:45:07
Ep 5: The Laser
Sep 05 | 00:39:34
Ep 4: The Bell Curve
Aug 29 | 00:25:43
Ep 3: The Vector
Aug 22 | 00:51:30
Ep 2: The Cluster
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