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OIE Collaborating Centre Reports
Activities in 2013
Title of Collaborating Centre: Emerging and Re-emerging Zoonotic Diseases
Address of Collaborating Centre: National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention1600 Clifton Road, MS D-76
Atlanta, Georgia 30333
Tel.: (1-404) 639.7378
Fax: (1-404) 639.7090
e-mail address: [email protected]
website: http://www.cdc.gov/ncezid
Name of Director of Institute (Responsible Official):
Beth Bell, MD, MPH
Name (including Title and Position) of Head of the
Collaborating Centre (formally OIE Contact Point):
Carol Rubin, DVM, MPHDirector, One Health Office
Name (including Title and Position) of writer of this report
(if different from above)
Rebekah Kunkel, MS, MPHORISE Fellow, One Health Office
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Summary of activities specifically related to the mandate of OIE Collaborating Centres
ToR: To provide services to the OIE, in particular within the region, in the designated specialty, in support of the implementation of OIE policies and, where required, seek for collaboration with OIE Reference Laboratories
ToR: To identify and maintain existing expertise, in particular within its region
1. Activities as a centre of research, expertise, standardisation and dissemination of techniques within the remit of the mandate given by the OIE
Disease control Epidemiology, surveillance, risk assessment, modelling Training, capacity building Zoonoses Wildlife Avian diseases Aquatic animal diseases Animal welfare Diagnosis, biotechnology and laboratory Veterinary medicinal products Vaccines Food safety Feed safety Other (Name the category: )
DISEASE CONTROL
Title of activity Scope
Rabies control Enhanced efforts to control global canine rabies through continued in-country consultations, diagnostic support, training, and health education to ministries of agriculture and health representatives.
Sterilizing waste using solar power
Partnered with CDC-Kenya and a non-governmental organization (Sanivation) to use concentrated solar energy to sterilize waste so it can be safely used for fertilizer or fuel.
Identification of viral hemorrhagic fever outbreaks
In conjunction with the Uganda Virus Research Institute, assisted in the testing and identification Ebola hemorrhagic fever infection (Luwero District of central Uganda) and Marburg virus infection (Kabale, Ibanda, Mbarara, and Kampala Districts of Uganda).
Anthrax outbreak preparation and investigation in Azerbaijan and Georgia
Temporary duty support and intensive planning for 2013 Anthrax Seasonal Outbreaks in Azerbaijan and Georgia, including enhanced surveillance and public awareness
Multiagency task force for response to rabies outbreaks
Worked with Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture, the National Veterinary Research Institute to create protocols for response to rabies outbreaks; guidelines for post-exposure prophylaxis use
Improving refugee health through treatment of parasitic infections
Provide treatment for parasitic infections to US-bound refugees populations in Thailand, Malaysia, Nepal, Ethiopia, and Kenya.
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EPIDEMIOLOGY, SURVEILLANCE, RISK ASSESSMENT, MODELLING
Title of activity Scope
MicrobNet MicrobeNet, a reference database for infectious pathogens, was released on January 1, 2013. It enables multiple analyses of a new or rapidly emerging pathogen and reduces reporting time. Laboratory scientists throughout the world can run diagnostic tests and match results against unique or rare isolates in CDC’s reference collections.
ArboNET ArboNET is a network for mosquito-borne disease detection, prevention, and control. ArboNET funding assists states, Puerto Rico, and six large municipalities to conduct case investigations, field collections, and analyses and submission of information to rapidly monitor and respond to potential epidemic conditions.
TickNET TickNET works with state health departments to optimize surveillance and prevention activities for bacterial tick-borne diseases, such as Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. A study of the effectiveness of home pesticide use is under way through TickNET, addressing critical questions about the prevention of Lyme disease.
CryptoNet Began pilot testing for CryptoNet, the first state-based molecular tracking system for a parasitic infection, cryptosporidiosis. CryptoNet will help us better understand the spread of cryptosporidiosis in the United States.
Expand surveillance in-country for viral hemorrhagic fever
Enabled the rapid diagnosis of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Uganda by expanding surveillance in-country for viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF)— a group of diseases that include Ebola and Marburg hemorrhagic fevers. The expanded program included assigning a staff member to the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), providing training for case recognition and management for health professionals, providing reagents and training for diagnostic testing, and completing renovation of the VHF diagnostic laboratory at UVRI.
Released the report, “Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2013”
The first comprehensive analysis of the 18 most serious drug resistant threats that each year sicken more than 2 million people and kill at least 23,000. The report ranks the threats in categories: urgent, serious, and concerning.
Surveillance of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases in agricultural communities in Chiang Mai and Nakorn Ratchasima provinces
Specimens from hospitalized patients with fever of uncertain etiology are tested for endemic zoonoses. If the etiological agent is zoonotic, a veterinary team is sent to investigate the disease among animals around the participants’ farm or house.
Epidemiology and etiology of flaccid paralysis of infectious origin in the Republic of Georgia
A prospective hospital-based surveillance to identify cases of acute flaccid paralysis in adults and children, and characterize the clinical, laboratory, and electrodiagnostic features of the syndrome
TRAINING, CAPACITY BUILDING
Title of activity Scope
Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity Program
Awarded funding to secure an excellent public health workforce, robust surveillance systems, and modern laboratory facilities and information networks and to support disease-specific infectious disease programs in states. The program supports 50 state health departments, 6 local health departments, and 8 territories or US affiliates.
Emerging Infections Program Awarded funding to conduct gold standard surveillance and epidemiological research to evaluate the impact of prevention programs
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and policies. The program supports 10 state health departments and their partners.
Electronic Laboratory Reporting Provided funding to advance electronic laboratory reporting from clinical and public health laboratories to public health agencies is helping to increase national implementation of this technology.
Training for enhanced laboratory-based surveillance for monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Providing training for enhanced laboratory-based surveillance for monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). As a result, DRC has been sending monthly disease reports with laboratory samples for confirmation so that disease transmission dynamics can be better understood and to provide evidence for new disease control efforts.
Rabies control in the Republic of Georgia
Clearance and installation of Lab equipment; scheduling of lab training; shipment of samples
Strengthening One Health collaboration in Thailand
The goal of this project is to enable the Bureau of Epidemiology and collaborating partners to develop disease surveillance, prevention and control system in line with One Health concepts and to develop an integrated management system for emerging infectious disease preparedness and emergency response.
Improving diagnostic capacity for Q fever and rickettsial diseases
This study provides the necessary reagents and laboratory support to establish laboratory diagnostic capacity in Thailand through the Thai National Institute of Health, the National Institute of Animal Health, and selected clinical diagnostic laboratories.
Building capacity for zoonotic endocarditis in Thailand
In collaboration with Khon Kaen University Hospital, Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, and with in-country public health scientists and clinicians in SE Asia, the project is establishing and improving diagnostic capacity for C. burnetii, Bartonella spp., and Streptococcus suis.
Development of improved surveillance, laboratory capacity for the detection of zoonotic pathogens at the Human-Animal Interface in Thailand
Providing laboratory diagnostic training, laboratory workgroup meetings and consultative meetings with Department of Livestock Development and other in-country partners for joint livestock, wildlife and public health surveillance and investigation of Q fever in Chiang Mai and Nakhon Ratchasima provinces.
Anthrax surveillance and prevention measures in endemic areas in Bangladesh
Refining, standardizing, and strengthening anthrax outbreak responses in both humans and animals; and building laboratory capacity to enhance laboratory confirmation of cases.
Surveillance and outbreak response to Japanese encephalitis virus in India
Improving capacity for Acute Encephalitis Syndrome surveillance and outbreak response.
Technical assistance for rabies outbreaks in Guatemala
Technical assistance to strengthen national laboratory capacity for Rabies surveillance and outbreak investigation.
One Health curriculum recommendations
Developed recommendations and training materials for One Health curriculum as a template for use by for applied epidemiology training programs
Promotion of Lassa fever prevention and control
Trained residents in the Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program in the prevention and control of Lassa fever
ZOONOSES
Title of activity Scope
Identification of a novel poxvirus in the Republic of Georgia
Collaborated with public health officials in the Republic of Georgia to investigate the discovery of a new poxvirus that caused infection in shepherds in Akhmeta, Georgia. Testing by NCEZID’s Poxvirus Laboratory
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found a new poxvirus belonging to the same genus (Orthopoxvirus) as smallpox.
Maintains a bat breeding colony Maintains a breeding colony of wild-caught fruit bats from Uganda that is a resource to understand reservoir host and virus dynamics, including viral shedding, mechanisms or virus transmission, and host immune response to Marburg virus
Pathogen discovery Tested for viruses in over 700 bat and rodent samples collected from multiple international study sites.
Circulation of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus among humans, animals, and vectors at a camel market in Egypt
Assessing the prevalence of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus among high-risk camel owners, domestic and imported camels, and specific variants of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus among ticks collected from domestic and imported camels.
Bartonella prevalence in cats and humans in Guatemala
Study to determine the prevalence of Bartonella spp. circulating in cats and persons at risk (veterinarians, vet technicians, caretakers, etc.) in Guatemala.
Brucellosis incidence in Kenya Examining brucellosis incidence in Kajiado, Kenya which is a high risk county
Assessment of novel and existing diseases in bats in Nigeria
Identified novel flaviviruses and pegiviruses in bats
Human and domestic animal exposure to zoonotic diseases in bats during the Idanre bat festival
Assessed human knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of rabies and other bat diseases; assessed human and domestic animal illness pre- and post- participation in the bat festival; performed serological testing of acute and convalescent specimens in humans and domestic animals
DIAGNOSIS, BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND LABORATORY
Title of activity Scope
Biotechnology Core Facility Uses state-of-the-art methods to help CDC researchers study infectious agents
Plague Rapid Test Developed a rapid, inexpensive, point-of-care bedside diagnostic ‘dipstick’ test for plague
Rabies direct rapid immunohistochemical test
Developed a new diagnostic test for rabies that requires no specialized equipment or refrigeration, and allows a diagnosis to be made in less than 1 hour. The test is as reliable as the gold standard test and only requires a light microscope.
Cryptococcus screening test Using a new point-of-care dipstick screening test to detect the presence of cryptococcal antigen and provide treatment before meningitis develops.
New assay that rapidly detects fungal DNA in patients
Developed a new diagnostic assay for identifying fungal DNA in patients in 2 days.
Laboratory Response Network The Laboratory Response Network links 160 highly specialized laboratories, including health department laboratories, federal and military laboratories, environmental testing and diagnostic veterinary laboratories, as well as international laboratories. This unique network of laboratories is designed to respond to bioterrorism, chemical terrorism, and other public health emergencies.
Point-of-care assay to diagnose monkeypox and orthopoxviruses
The poxvirus team has developed an assay for monkeypox virus and orthopoxviruses. The assay performs clinical sample nucleic acid extraction and quantitative analysis within an hour.
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Division of Scientific Resources consultation
The Division of Scientific Resources provides expertise to develop and apply modern technologies (such as genomic sequencing) that result in faster identification of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other pathogens.
VACCINES
Title of activity Scope
Livestock vaccine against Rift Valley Fever
Developed a recombinant vaccine against Rift Valley fever virus for use in livestock
Dengue candidate vaccine that targets all four dengue viruses
Developed a dengue candidate vaccine that targets all four dengue viruses. The vaccine candidate that is being evaluated in Puerto Rico, Singapore, Thailand, and Colombia for safety and immunogenicity.
FOOD SAFETY
Title of activity Scope
Estimates of food sources associated with foodborne illness
In January 2013, published the first-ever estimates of food sources associated with foodborne illnesses in the United States. Produce, including leafy green and vine-stalk vegetables as well as fruits and nuts, accounts for about half of all foodborne illness, with norovirus being the most common cause. The analysis also showed that meat and poultry are the food sources most often linked to deaths caused by food poisoning, mostly due to Salmonella and Listeria.
The Global Foodborne Infections Network
Enhancing foodborne illness surveillance and outbreak response in conjunction with the World Health Organization
ToR: To propose or develop methods and procedures that facilitate harmonisation of international standards and guidelines applicable to the designated specialty
2. Proposal or development of any procedure that will facilitate harmonisation of international regulations applicable to the surveillance and control of animal diseases, food safety or animal welfare
Proposal title Scope/Content Applicable area
Collaborating for the
Implementation of the Revised International
Health Regulations
National Surveillance and
Response Capacity
NCEZID works with CDC’s Division of Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response to assure that the IHR process will be accommodated during all investigations, surveillance activities, and research when appropriate. Whenever possible, animal and human components are sharing biologic isolates and epidemiologic data to facilitate the control and containment of disease.
Surveillance and control of animal diseases Food safety Animal welfare
Global Foodborne Infections Network
The network is a collaboration between WHO, CDC, and other international public health organizations which promotes integrated, laboratory-based surveillance and fosters
Surveillance and control of animal diseases Food safety Animal welfare
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Proposal title Scope/Content Applicable area
intersectoral collaboration among human health, veterinary and food-related disciplines to enhance the capacity of countries to detect, respond to and prevent foodborne diseases.
ToR: To establish and maintain a network with other OIE Collaborating Centres designated for the same specialty, and should the need arise, with Collaborating Centres in other disciplines
ToR: To carry out and/or coordinate scientific and technical studies in collaboration with other centres, laboratories or organisations
3. Did your Collaborating Centre maintain a network with other OIE Collaborating Centres (CC), Reference Laboratories (RL), or organisations designated for the same specialty, to coordinate scientific and technical studies?
Yes No
Name of OIE CC/RL/other organisation(s) Location
Region of networking
CentrePurpose
The United States Agency for International
Development’s Emerging Pandemic Threats
Program
Uganda Africa Americas Asia and Pacific Europe Middle East
To assess the risk from emerging zoonotic pathogens through:
1) Surveillance for acute febrile illness, especially in high risk locations; 2)
development of affordable point-of-care tests and local lab capacity to rule-out endemic diseases; 3) training of national and local
staff in laboratory testing; and 4) identifying newly emerged pathogens.
The United States Agency for International
Development’s Emerging Pandemic Threats
Program
Uganda Africa Americas Asia and Pacific Europe Middle East
To build capacity for national viral hemorrhagic fever surveillance through
ultiple activities to determine the distribution of viral hemorrhagic fever viruses and the
risks they pose to the human population. Also working to build viral hemorrhagic fever laboratory capacity at the Uganda Virus
Research Institute
The United States Agency for International
Development’s Emerging Pandemic Threats
Program
Uganda Africa Americas Asia and Pacific Europe Middle East
To detect lyssaviruses in wildlife and determine the environmental, socio-
economical, and medical factors that may be significantly associated with zoonotic disease
transmission, outbreaks, and human fatalities. To develop community-appropriate
strategies for reducing human/domestic animal/ wildlife exposure risks from zoonotic
agents and to enhancement of laboratory
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Name of OIE CC/RL/other organisation(s) Location
Region of networking
CentrePurpose
diagnostic capacity
The United States Agency for International
Development’s Emerging Pandemic Threats
Program
Democratic Republic of
Congo
Africa Americas Asia and Pacific Europe Middle East
To identify potential modes of transmission between animals and humans, identification of potential host species, and determination
of the baseline prevalence of orthopoxviruses in native mammals in the region.
The United States Agency for International
Development’s Emerging Pandemic Threats
Program
Democratic Republic of
Congo
Africa Americas Asia and Pacific Europe Middle East
To detect lyssaviruses in wildlife and determine the environmental, socio-
economical, and medical factors that may be significantly associated with zoonotic disease
transmission, outbreaks, and human fatalities. To develop community-appropriate
strategies for reducing human/domestic animal/ wildlife exposure risks from zoonotic
agents and to enhancement of laboratory diagnostic capacity
The United States Agency for International
Development’s Emerging Pandemic Threats
Program
Indonesia Africa Americas Asia and Pacific Europe Middle East
To establish a national reference lab for the identification of endemic and novel vector-
borne viruses
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations
Kenya Africa Americas Asia and Pacific Europe Middle East
To initiate a national canine rabies elimination program modeled after the
progressive control program used in other livestock diseases
CDC’s Rabies Laboratory, which is an OIE Reference
Laboratory for rabies
Multiple Africa Americas Asia and Pacific Europe Middle East
Provides a variety of laboratory services related to rabies, including diagnostic and reference services; lab training for health
departments, domestic/international organizations; collaboration with the private
sector to develop and evaluate diagnostic assays and vaccines; and microbiology,
molecular biology, and pathogenesis research
4. Did your Collaborating Centre maintain a network with other OIE Collaborating Centres, Reference laboratories, or organisations in other disciplines, to coordinate scientific and technical studies?
Yes No
Name of OIE CC/RL/other organisation(s) Location Region of
networking Centre Purpose
United States Department of Agriculture’s Centers for Epidemiology and Animal
United States
Africa Americas Asia and Pacific Europe
Participates in the U.S. Federal Interagency One Health Workgroup to
coordinate projects related to One
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Name of OIE CC/RL/other organisation(s) Location Region of
networking Centre Purpose
Health Middle East
Health
ToR: To place expert consultants at the disposal of the OIE.
5. Did your Collaborating Centre place expert consultants at the disposal of the OIE?
Yes No
Name of expert Kind of consultancy Subject
Aron Hall Scientific expert MERS-CoV
Ruben Donis Scientific expert Influenza
Darin Carroll Scientific expert Rabies
Many other experts available at OIE’s request for consultation, including (but not limited to) epidemiologists, laboratorians, ecologists, veterinarians, microbiologists, and virologists
ToR: To provide, within the designated specialty, scientific and technical training to personnel from OIE Member Countries
6. Did your Collaborating Centre provide scientific and technical training, within the remit of the mandate given by the OIE, to personnel from OIE Member Countries?
Yes No
If the answer is yes, please provide the total number of trained persons for each of the following categories:
a) Technical visits:................................................................>10
b) Seminars:.........................................................................>10
c) Hands-on training courses:..............................................>10
d) Internships (>1 month):...................................................>10
Type of technical training provided
(a, b, c or d)Content
Country of origin of the expert(s) provided with
training
No. participants from the corresponding
country
c Scientists from Thailand National Institute of Animal Health and National Institute of Health travelled to Atlanta for training on the analysis of human, animal and environmental samples for C. burnetii. CDC scientists also visited Thailand for additional on-site training.
Thailand 3
c Participants from the ministries of health, animal health and private
Guatemala >10
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Type of technical training provided
(a, b, c or d)Content
Country of origin of the expert(s) provided with
training
No. participants from the corresponding
country
universities (University del Valle de Guatemala and Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia) were provided hands-on experience in DRIT and DFA testing techniques. Jan 28th-Feb 1st, 2013.
b A workshop on interagency coordination for rabies surveillance
outbreak support, conducted in collaboration with Vets Without
Borders
Guatemala >10
CDC provides a variety of scientific and technical training to both member and non-member countries.
ToR: To organise and participate in scientific meetings and other activities on behalf of the OIE
7. Did your Collaborating Centre organise or participate in the organisation of scientific meetings on behalf of the OIE?
Yes No
National/International Title of event Co-organiser Date
(mm/yy) Location No. Participants
International OFFLU Swine Influenza Virus Group Meeting
OIE, FAO 04/13 Rome 1
ToR: To collect, process, analyse, publish and disseminate data and information relevant to the designated specialty
8. Publication and dissemination of any information within the remit of the mandate given by the OIE that may be useful to Member Countries of the OIE (Indicate in the appropriate box the number by category)
a) Articles published in peer-reviewed journals:.................
Select examples:
Rubin C, Myers T, Stokes W, Dunham B, Harris S, Lautner B, et al. Review of Institute of Medicine and National Research Council recommendations for One Health initiative. Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Dec. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1912.121659
Rubin CS and the Stone Mountain Planning Committee. Operationalizing One Health: Stone Mountain and beyond. In One Health: The Human-Animal-Environment Interfaces in Emerging Infectious Diseases. ed. by Mackenzie, Jeggo, Daszak and Richt. December 2013 CTMI;366: 173-185.
Algren DA, Monteilh CP, Punja M, Schier JG, Martin Belson M, Hepler BR, Schmidt CJ, Miller CE, Patel M, Paulozzi LJ, Straetemans M, Rubin C. Fentanyl-associated Fatalities Among Illicit Drug
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Users in Wayne County, Michigan (July 2005–May 2006). Journal of Medical Toxicology; 2013 Mar;9(1):106-15.
Gargano LM, Engel J, Gray GC, Howell K, Jones TF, Milhous WK, Rubin C et al. Arbovirus diseases, southeastern United States. Emerg Infect Dis [Internet]. 2013 Nov. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1911.130650
Rabinowitz PM, Kock R, Kachani M, Kunkel R, Thomas J, Gilbert J, Rubin C. Toward proof of concept of a One Health approach to disease prediction and control. Emerg Infect Dis [Internet]. 2013 Dec. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1912.130265
Islam A, Mikolon A, Mikoleit M, Dilruba A, Khan SA, Sharker MA, Hossain JM, Islam A, Epstein J, Zeidner N, Luby SP. Isolation of Salmonella virchow from a fruit bat (Pteropus giganteus). Ecohealth. 2013 Oct 18. [Epub ahead of print].
Nahar N, Uddin M, Sarkar RA, Gurley ES, Uddin Khan MS, Hossain MJ, Sultana R, Luby SP. Exploring pig raising in Bangladesh: implications for public health interventions. Vet Ital 2013;49(1):7-17.
Sazzad HM, Hossain MJ, Gurley ES, Ameen KM, Parveen S, Islam MS, Faruque LI, Podder G, Banu SS, Lo MK, et al. Nipah virus infection outbreak with nosocomial and corpse-to-human transmission, Bangladesh. Emerg Infect Dis 2013;19(2):210-7.
Haider N, Khan SU, Sarkar S, Poh M, Wilson A, Beckwith N, Azad AK, Paul SK, Rahman MZ, Balish A, et al. Unusual waterfowl mortality due to highly pathogenic avian influenza A/H5N1 in Bangladesh. Health and Science Bulletin (icddr,b) 2013;11(1):15-20.
Nakazawa, Y, Lash RR, Carroll DS, Damon IK, Karem KL, Reynolds MG, Osorio JE, Rocke TE, Malekani JM, Muyembe J-J, et al. Mapping monkeypox transmission risk in the Congo Basin. PLoS One; 2013; 8(9).
Quan PL, Firth C, Conte JM, Williams SH, Zambrana-Torrelio CM, Anthony SJ, Ellison JA, Gilbert AT, Kuzmin IV, Niezgoda M, et al. Bats are a major natural reservoir for hepaciviruses and pegiviruses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Apr 22. [Epub ahead of print]
Morales-Betoulle ME, Komar N, Panella, NA, Alvarez D, López MR, Betoulle JL, Sosa SM, Müller ML, Kilpatrick AM, Lanciotti RS, et al. West Nile virus ecology in a tropical ecosystem in Guatemala. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2013; 88(1):116-26.
Quan PL, Firth C, Conte JM, Williams SH, Zambrana-Torrelio CM, Anthony SJ, Ellison JA, Gilbert AT, Kuzmin IV, Niezgoda M, et al. Bats are a major natural reservoir for hepaciviruses and pegiviruses. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2013 Apr 22 [Epub ahead of print, doi:10.1073/pnas.1303037110].
Tao Y, Shi M, Conrardy C, Kuzmin IV, Recuenco S, Agwanda B, Alvarez DA, Ellison JA, Gilbert AT, Moran D, et al. Discovery of diverse polyomaviruses in bats and the evolutionary history of the Polyomaviridae. J Gen Virol 2013 Apr; 94(Pt 4):738-48.
Feikin DR, Njenga MK, Bigogo G, Aura B, Gikunju S, Balish A, Katz MA, Erdman D, Breiman RF. Additional diagnostic yield of adding serology to PCR in diagnosing viral acute respiratory infections in Kenyan patients 5 years of age and older. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2013 Jan;20(1):113-4. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00325-12. Epub 2012 Oct 31.
Fuller JA, Njenga MK, Bigogo G, Aura B, Ope MO, Nderitu L, Wakhule L, Erdmann DD, Breiman RF, Feikin DR. Association of the CT values of the real time PCR of viral upper respiratory tract infection with clinical severity, Kenya. J Med Virol 2013;85(5):924-32.
Knobel DL, Maina AN, Cutler SJ, Ogola E, Feikin DR, Junghae M, Halliday JEB, Richards AL, Breiman RF, Cleaveland S, et al. Coxiella burnetii in humans, domestic ruminants, and ticks in rural Western
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Kenya. Amer J Trop Med Hyg 2013 Mar;88(3):513-8. PMID 23382156
Murray EL, Khagayi S, Ope M, Bigogo G, Ochola R, Muthoka P, Njenga MK, Odhiambo F, Burton D, Laserson KF, et al. What are the most sensitive and specific sign and symptom combinations for influenza in patients hospitalized with acute respiratory illness? Results from western Kenya, January 2007-July 2010. Epidemiol Infect 2013 Jan;141(1):212-22. doi: 10.1017/S095026881200043X. Epub 2012 Mar 15.
Quan PL, Firth C, Conte JM, Williams SH, Zambrana-Torrelio CM, Anthony SJ, Ellison JA, Gilbert AT, Kuzmin IV, Niezgoda M, et al. Bats are a major natural reservoir for hepaciviruses and pegiviruses. Proc Natl Acad Sci 2013 May 14;110(20):8194-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1303037110. Epub 2013 Apr 22.
Carroll SA, Towner JS, Sealy TK, McMullan LK, Khristova ML, Burt FJ, Swanepoel R, Rollin PE, Nichol ST. Molecular evolution of viruses of the family Filoviridae based on 97 whole genome sequences. J Virol 2013;87:2608-2616.
Crabtree, M, Kading, RC, Mutebi J-P, Lutwama, J, Miller, BR. Identification of host blood from engorged mosquitoes collected in western Uganda using cytochrome oxidase I gene sequences. J Wildlife Dis 2013 Jul;49(3):611-26.
Graham CB, Borchert JN, Black WC, Atiku LA, Mpanga JT, Boegler KA, Moore SM, Gage KL, Eisen RJ. Blood meal identification in off-host cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) from a plague-endemic region of Uganda. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2013 Feb;88(2):381-9.
Kading RC, Borland E, Cranfield M, Powers A. Seroprevalence of alphaviruses and flavivirues in free-ranging game animals and non-human primates in the Congo Basin. Manuscript in press, J Wildlife Dis 2013 Jul;49(3):587-99.
b) International conference presentations:.........................>30
Select examples:
Title: Human monkeypox in a conflict region of the Democratic Republic of the CongoSpeaker: Andrea McCollum, PhD, CDC/NCEZID/DHCPPConference: ASTMH 62nd Annual Meeting
Title: Effective control of Aedes aegypti using CDC autocidal gravid ovitrapsSpeaker: Roberto Barrera, CDC/NCEZID/DVBDConference: ASTMH 62nd Annual Meeting
Title: Epidemiology of Q fever in ThailandSpeaker: Pawin Padungtod, CDCConference: ASTMH 62nd Annual Meeting
Title: Enhancing health care worker capabilities to detect and care for patients with monkeypoxSpeaker: Jennifer Bass, CDC/NCEZID/DHCPPConference: ASTMH 62nd Annual Meeting
Title: A filovirus marathon: epidemiological and laboratory responses to two outbreaks of Marburg and Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Uganda, October-November 2012Speaker: Barbara Knust, CDC/NCEZID/DHCPPConference: ASTMH 62nd Annual Meeting
Title: Cluster investigation of melioidosis cases reveals evidence of endemicity in Puerto RicoSpeaker: Thomas Doker, CDC/NCEZID/DHCPPConference: ASTMH 62nd Annual Meeting
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Title: Establishment and successes of the Uganda National Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Surveillance Program and High-Containment Laboratory, 2010-2013Speaker: Trevor Shoemaker, CDCConference: ASTMH 62nd Annual Meeting
Title: Re-emergence of Bundibugyo virus after a five year hiatus—Isiro, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2012Speaker: Ilana Schafer, CDC/NCEZID/DHCPPConference: ASTMH 62nd Annual Meeting
Title: Culture-Independent Diagnostics Testing: The End of Surveillance for Foodborne Infections?Speaker: John Besser, PhD, Deputy Chief, Enteric Diseases Laboratory Branch CDC/NCEZID/DFBMDConference: International Association for Food Protection (IFAP) Annual Meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina 7/29/2013
Title: Pilot protocol for assessment of health needs and evaluation of public health interventions for U.S.-bound refugees from Burma (Myanmar): Early dataSpeakers: Tarissa Mitchell, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NCEZID/DGMQ/IRMHBConference: North American Refugee Health Conference, June 6, 2013, Toronto, Canada.
Title: Estimating the Public Health Burden of Lyme Disease in the United StatesSpeaker: Paul Mead, CDC/NCEZID/DVBDConference: 13th International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis and Other Tick-Borne Diseases
Title: Metabolic Biomarkers and Biosignatures for Improved Diagnosis of Lyme DiseaseSpeaker: Claudia Molins, CDC/NCEZID/DVBDConference: 13th International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis and Other Tick-Borne Diseases
Title: Efficacy of a Single Peridomestic Application of Acaricide To Prevent Lyme and Other Tick-borne DiseasesSpeaker: Alison Hinckley, CDC/NCEZID/DVBDConference: 13th International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis and Other Tick-Borne Diseases
Title: Update on Emerging Vector-Borne Diseases in the United StatesSpeaker: Lyle Petersen, MD, MPH, CDC/NCEZID/DVBDConference: IDWeek 2013
Title: The whole yellow fever iceberg: Estimating the incidence of infection from the number of severe casesSpeaker: Michael JohanssonConference: Fourth International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics
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Title: Foodcore: Foodborne Diseases Centers for Outbreak Response Enhancement - Improving Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response Capacity in State and Local Health DepartmentsSpeaker: Jennifer Mitchell, CDC/NCEZID/DFWEDConference: 2013 Annual CSTE Conference
Title: Food Safety Centers of Excellence: Building State and Local Capacity for Foodborne Illness Surveillance and Outbreak ResponseSpeaker: Dale Morse, CDC/NCEZID/DFWEDConference: 2013 Annual CSTE Conference
Title: Epidemiology of Rare But Life-Threatening Diseases: How to Improve Surveillance and Support
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for Free-Living Ameba InfectionsSpeaker: Jennifer Cope, CDC/NCEZID/DFWEDConference: 2013 Annual CSTE Conference
Title: Turtlepocalypse: Seven Overlapping Multistate Outbreaks of Human Salmonella Infections Associated With Small Pet Turtles — U.S.A., 2012Speaker: Maroya Walters, CDC/NCEZID/DFWEDConference: 2013 Annual CSTE Conference
Title: Mass Human Exposure to Bats at a Volunteer Lodging Facility in KentuckySpeaker: Ryan Wallace, CDC/NCEZID/DHCPPConference: 2013 Annual CSTE Conference
Title: An International Outbreak of Tetracycline-Resistant Salmonella I 4,[5],12:I:- Infections Associated With Frozen Feeder Rodents Used as Reptile Feed —2008-2012Speaker: Jennifer Wright, CDC/NCEZIDConference: 2013 Annual CSTE Conference
Title: Global Foodborne Infections Network (GFN): An opportunity for capacity-building in enteric diseases in IndiaSpeaker: Nirali Desai, MPH , CDC/NCEZID/DFWEDConference: 141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition
Title: Epidemiology, Sampling and Traceback Working SynergisticallySpeaker: Karen Neil, Medical Epidemiologist CDC/NCEZIDConference: National Environmental Health Association, Annual Educational Conference & Exhibition (July 10, 2013), Washington, DC.
Title: The trouble with Turtles: Public Health and Regulatory Challenges with Recent Multistate OutbreaksSpeaker: Stacey Bosch, DVM, MPH, DACVPM Commander, United States Public Health Service Epidemiologist, Outbreak Response and Prevention Branch CDC/NCEZID/DFWEDConference: Association of Public Health Laboratories InFORM 2013 Conference, San Antonio, Texas. November 19, 2013
Title: Backyard Flocks and Salmonellosis: A Growing Public Health ConcernSpeaker: Casey Barton Behravesh MS, DVM, DrPH, DACVPM, Deputy Branch Chief, Outbreak Response and Prevention Branch, DFWED Coordinator for Enteric Zoonoses and One Health Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases, CDC/NCEZID/DFWEDConference: Association of Public Health Laboratories InFORM 2013 Conference, San Antonio, Texas. November 19, 2013
Title: CDC Activities on Lyme and other Tick-Borne DiseasesSpeaker: C. Ben Beard, Ph.D. Chief, Bacterial Diseases Branch CDC – Division of Vector Borne Disease, NCEZID, Associate Director for Climate ChangeConference: Report on Tick-Borne Disease and Integrated Pest Management Conference 2013Arlington, VA March 5-6, 2013
Title: Identification and Promotion of Effective IPM Tools to Reduce Tick-borne DiseasesSpeaker: Joe Piesman, Ph.D., CDC Chief of Tick-Borne Disease Activity Bacterial Diseases Branch CDC – Division of Vector Borne Disease, NCEZID, Associate Director for Climate ChangeConference: Report on Tick-Borne Disease and Integrated Pest Management Conference 2013Arlington, VA March 5-6, 2013
Title: Evaluating National Estimates of Access to Improved Water Sources and Basic Sanitation as a Predictor of Epidemic and Endemic Cholera, 1991 to 2010Speaker: Bejamin Nygren, Epidemiologist CDC/DHHS/CDC/OID/NCEZID/DFWED/WDPB
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Conference 2013 Water and Health Conference: Where Science Meets Policy October 14-18 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (October 16th)
Title: Access to water, sanitation and hygiene in Artibonite, Haiti: results from an assessment of rural households and water sources 16- months after the onset of choleraSpeaker: Katharine Schilling, Health Scientist Epidemiologist CDC/DHHS/CDC/OID/NCEZID/DFWED/WDPBConference 2013 Water and Health Conference: Where Science Meets Policy October 14-18 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (October 16th)
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