What It's Like To Be... with Dan Heath
An Infectious Disease Doctor
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About this episode
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 page • A 2026 hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship killed three passengers, per this CDC health advisory. • APOPO trains rats to sniff out tuberculosis in sputum samples. See how it works. • Listen to Death, Sex, and Money GOT A COMMENT OR SUGGESTION? Email us at jobs@whatitslike.com FOR SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES: Email us at partnerships@whatitslike.com WANT TO BE ON THE SHOW? Leave us a voicemail at (919) 213-0456. We’ll ask you to answer two questions: 1. What’s a word or phrase that only someone from your profession would be likely to know and what does it mean? 2. What’s a specific story you tell your friends that happened on the job? It could be funny, sad, anxiety-making, pride-inducing or otherwise. We can’t respond to every