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What It's Like To Be... with Dan Heath
An Infectious Disease Doctor
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Sleuthing through patient histories for the clue everyone else missed, asking patients about caves, scorpions, and shaman retreats, and sounding the alarm on a potential Ebola case with Dr. Boghuma Titanji, an infectious disease doctor. What annoys ID doctors about the TV show House? And which infections can she diagnose by smell? LINKS & REFERENCES Psittacosis is a rare bacterial infection spread from birds, explained on the CDC's psittacosis pageA 2026 hantavirus outbreak on a cruise sh...