The world's worst diseases

Typhus, malaria, polio and measles - throughout history, humanity has been affected by terrible, contagious and sometimes fatal diseases. Erik Ekstrand takes us on a terrifying journey where he lets two guinea pigs try out some of the worst plagues that have plagued Sweden. We go back to, among other things, the Viking Age, the Stone Age and the 1950s. Every week a new disease is tested.

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Status	Returning Series
Original Name	Världens hemskaste sjukdomar
First Air Date	October 6, 2019
Last Air Date	December 6, 2020
Seasons	2
Episodes	20
Episode Runtime	0min
Language	Swedish
Original Language	Swedish
Production Countries	Sweden
Production Companies	SVT
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S02E10

Piskmaskinfektion

Jake and Anna end up so far back that you hardly know what time it is. In the New Stone Age, people have just started living in villages together and because they have a poor grasp of hygiene and what infections animals and people can spread to each other, the children and the villagers suffer from whipworm infection. The village shaman does his best to cure tired and malnourished Anna and Jake with the help of song, dance and power animals. But does it really help with the nasty infection?

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