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How are medical mysteries solved? And what happens when questions remain? Patient Zero is an investigation of the spaces where people and pathogens collide. This season, 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. A production of New Hampshire Public Radio.

BONUS: Lyme AMA (Ask Me Anything)

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 so...
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BONUS: Patient Otzi

The earliest known case of Lyme disease? Or the problem with correcting the record? Patient Zero is sponsored by Ben’s. Click here to learn more or go...
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BONUS: Horses & Zebras

The origin of ulcers. The rise and fall of a medical recommendation. Certainty and science. Patient Zero is sponsored by Ben’s. Click here to learn mo...
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EP 7: The Reservoir

Society inadvertently engineers an epidemic. Scientists debate whether or not to engineer a solution.    Learn more at patientzeropodcast.com
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Ep 6: The Non-A Non-B

An ambiguous case with no easy answers. Another growing epidemic, and an ethics question that might help explain Lymeworld. To get access to bonus epi...
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Bonus – LYMErix

In the late 90s you could get vaccinated against Lyme. Now you can't. What gives?   To get access to other bonus episodes, as well as early access to ...
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Ep 5: The Laser

When it feels like doctors have closed the door to establishment medicine, another set of doors open. These doors lead to dubious providers, and untes...
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Ep 4: The Bell Curve

Lyme disease has been called the Great Imitator. And the Lyme disease tests have a fraught history. Click hereto donate $20 and get early, ad-free epi...
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Ep 3: The Vector

A perfect carrier of disease. A race underneath your skin. The part we know, before we get to the parts we don't. Click hereto donate $20 and get ad-f...
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Ep 2: The Cluster

A meditation on the pace of science.  An investigation in fits and starts. The beginning of a controversy. Click hereto donate $20 and get ad-free epi...
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