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Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) - A One Health issue...
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Thursday, May 16, 2013.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):

Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet)

A One Health issue...

http://www.cdc.gov/foodnet/


Prince Mahidol Award Conference - January 28th – February 2nd 2013, Bangkok, Thailand
Prince Mahidol Award Conference
Sunday, May 12, 2013.

Report on the 2013 Conference on “A World United Against Infectious Diseases: Cross-Sectoral Solutions”

 

Prince Mahidol Award Conference - January 28th – February 2nd 2013, Bangkok, Thailand

 

http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/PMAC2013_Proceeding.pdf

 

This One Health report is a welcomed addition to One Health literature over the last centuries.  Most discerning One Health leaders and supporters worldwide have recognized the important contributions and relevance of ecologists, wildlife biologists, and environmental scientists during the early 21st century.

 

NOTE:   Indeed, the 2004 Wildlife Conservation Society proposal of “One World One Health” was a significant early 21st century contribution that was shortly expanded upon by others and brought to a much higher profile in the U.S. and internationally.  The One Health (One Medicine) concept long predates the present post-1930s work of the Dutch biologist Nikolass Tinbergen and Austrian biologists Konrad Lorenz and Karle von Frisch (joint Nobel Prize winners in Physiology or Medicine-1973) which may be classified as the generation of modern ecologists and wildlife experts.  Many historical figures in the 19th and 20th centuries initiated One Health (One Medicine).  For some examples see http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/01%20Kahn%20et%20al%20%205-19%208Mar07.pdf.


Bartonella henselae Zoonosis
Parasites & Vectors online Journal April 15, 2013
Friday, May 10, 2013.

Two Valuable One Health articles RE: Bartonella henselae Zoonosis published in Parasites & Vectors online Journal April 15, 2013.  Please see links for reading below:

 

 
Bartonella henselae bacteremia in a mother and son potentially associated with tick exposure

Maggi RG, Ericson M, Mascarelli PE, Bradley JM, Breitschwerdt EB
Parasites & Vectors 2013, 6:101 (15 April 2013)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed]

http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/6/1/101

 

  
Bartonella henselae infection in a family experiencing neurological and neurocognitive abnormalities after woodlouse hunter spider bites
Mascarelli PE, Maggi RG, Hopkins S, Mozayeni BR, L.Trull C, Bradley JM, Hegarty BC, Breitschwerdt EB
Parasites & Vectors 2013, 6:98 (15 April 2013)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed]

 http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/6/1/98

 

 


Imported Human Rabies Cases Worldwide, 1990–2012
Carrara P, Parola P, Brouqui P, Gautret P (2013) Imported Human Rabies Cases Worldwide, 1990–2012. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 7(5): e2209. doi:10.1371/
Monday, May 06, 2013.

Imported Human Rabies Cases Worldwide, 1990–2012

 

Citation: Carrara P, Parola P, Brouqui P, Gautret P (2013) Imported Human Rabies Cases Worldwide, 1990–2012. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 7(5): e2209. doi:10.1371/

journal.pntd.0002209

Editor: Charles E. Rupprecht, The Global Alliance for Rabies Control, United States of America

 

 

Abstract

 

Sixty cases of human rabies in international travelers were reviewed from 1990–2012. A significant proportion of the cases

were observed in migrants or their descendants when emigrating from their country of origin or after a trip to visit friends

and relatives or for other reasons (43.3%). The cases were not necessarily associated with long-term travel or expatriation to

endemic countries; moreover, cases were observed in travelers after short trips of two weeks or less. A predominance of

male patients was observed (75.0%). The proportion of children was low (11.7%). Cases from India and Philippines were

frequent (16 cases/60). In a significant proportion of cases (51.1%), diagnosis was challenging, with multiple missed

diagnoses and transfers from ward to ward before the final diagnosis of rabies. Among the 28 patients whose confirmed

diagnosis was obtained ante-mortem, the mean time between hospitalization and diagnosis was 7.7 days (median time: 6.0

days, range 2–30) including four cases with a diagnosis delayed by 15 or more days. In five cases, a patient traveled through

one or more countries before ultimately being hospitalized. Three factors played a role in delaying the diagnosis of rabies in

a number of cases: (i) a low index of suspicion for rabies in countries where the disease has been eradicated for a long time

or is now rare, (ii) a negative history of animal bites or exposure to rabies, and (iii) atypical clinical presentation of the

disease. Clinical symptomatology of rabies is complex and commonly confuses physicians. Furthermore, failure in

diagnosing imported cases in more developed countries is most likely related to the lack of medical familiarity with even the

typical clinical features of the disease.

 

* E-mail: philippe.gautret@club-internet.fr


“2020 Healthy Pets Healthy Families Initiative”
Karen Ehnert, DVM, MPVM, DACPVM - Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (USA)
Thursday, May 02, 2013.

From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Select Zoonotic Diseases Conference Call - May 1, 2013

 

“2020 Healthy Pets Healthy Families Initiative”

 

 

“Healthy pets can lead to healthy people. That’s why the Los Angeles County Veterinary Public Health Program (VPH) started the 2020 Healthy Pets Healthy Families initiative.  The county-wide initiative aims to:

 

1.      Create animal health goals based on the latest research

2.      Track trends in animal health

3.      Create programs that improve both animal and human health

 

The initiative combines the One Health movement with the national Healthy People 2020 model. In 2011, VPH launched the 2002 Healthy Pets Healthy Families Coalition, which brings together physicians, veterinarians, animal health and public health professionals from all over Los Angeles and neighboring counties. The group has set goals for the year 2020 around seven focus areas and will be working together to develop specific strategies and interventions to improve both the health of humans and animals.”

 

 

Karen Ehnert, DVM, MPVM, DACPVM

Director (Acting)

Veterinary Public Health

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

313 N. Figueroa St, Room 1127

Los Angeles, CA 90012 (USA)

(213) 989-7060

(213) 481-2375 Fax

kehnert@ph.lacounty.gov

http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/vet/

Our mission: “To protect health, prevent disease, and promote health and well-being”

 

Please see attached Power Point slide presentation courtesy of Dr. Ehnert, a One Health supporter http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/supporters.php.


LINKS PAGE - May 1, 2013
One Health Initiative Website NEWS Statistics
Wednesday, May 01, 2013.

 

One Health Initiative Website NEWS Statistics

One Health is the collaborative efforts of multiple disciplines working locally, nationally, and globally to attain optimal health for people, animals, plants and our environment.


Paediatric Visceral Leishmaniasis in Italy: a 'One Health' approach is needed
Parasites & Vectors 2013, 6:123 (29 April 2013)
Wednesday, May 01, 2013.

Parasites & Vectors 2013, 6:123 (29 April 2013)

 

Letter to the Editor    
Paediatric Visceral Leishmaniasis in Italy: a 'One Health' approach is needed
Lorusso V, Dantas-Torres F, Caprio F, Manzionna M, Santoro F, Baneth G, Otranto D

[
Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/pdf/1756-3305-6-123.pdf


One Health Event Highlights Ugandan Military - April 29, 2013
U.S. AirForce Capt. Jay Ostrich - CJTF-HOA Veterinary Care
Tuesday, April 30, 2013.

One Health Event Highlights Ugandan Military - April 29, 2013


One Health Initiative Advances Care for Humans, Animals and the Environment
One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team: Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP ▪ Bruce Kaplan, DVM ▪ Thomas P. Monath, MD ▪ Jack Woodall, PhD ▪ Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH
Sunday, April 28, 2013.

One Health Initiative Advances Care for Humans, Animals and the Environment

By One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team: Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP ▪ Bruce Kaplan, DVM ▪ Thomas P. Monath, MD ▪ Jack Woodall, PhD Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH

 

Posted Horizon Solutions Site April 27, 2013

 

http://www.solutions-site.org/node/875

 

Also please see www.solutionssite.org.

 

Graciously provided by highly valued One Health Supporter/advocate http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/supporters.php:

 

Janine M. H. Selendy, Chairman, President, and Publisher, Horizon International, Yale University
Dept. of Biology, New Haven, CT 06520-8103 USA Yale Tel: 203-432-6266; Cell: 914-329-1323


Bartonellosis: Diagnosing a Stealth Pathogen - April 23, 2013
North Carolina State University (USA)
Friday, April 26, 2013.

North Carolina State University (USA)

Bartonellosis: Diagnosing a Stealth Pathogen - April 23, 2013

“NC State professor of veterinary internal medicine Ed Breitschwerdt has spent the last couple of decades working with Bartonella, bacteria historically associated with “cat scratch disease.” Bartonella is increasingly recognized as a cause of persistent intravascular infection that can result in severe health effects. Research from Breitschwerdt’s laboratory and others has led to the discovery of more than 30 new Bartonella species, as well as numerous chronically infected animal “reservoirs” for the bacteria and a variety of insects that can transmit Bartonella to both humans and animals.

Bartonella species are “stealth pathogens” – that is, bacteria that can survive undetected for years in the human body. These bacteria infect red blood cells, but can also live in the endothelial cells – the cells that line blood vessels and organs. Because Bartonella species can survive for such a long time within the blood stream and tissues, the symptoms of bartonellosis can take very divergent paths, resulting in “nonspecific” symptoms and an infection that is quite difficult to diagnose, let alone treat. ...”

Please read entire article at: http://web.ncsu.edu/abstract/science/tpbartonellosis-diagnosis/

Permission to post granted by:

Tracey Peake
Communications Specialist
NC State News Services
919/515-6142


Horizon International of Yale University (USA) Endorses One Health
Janine M. H. Selendy, Chairman, President, and Publisher of Horizon International, Yale University, Department of Biology (USA) - April 24, 2013
Thursday, April 25, 2013.

Horizon International of Yale University (USA) Endorses One Health

 

On April 24, 2013, Janine M. H. Selendy, Chairman, President, and Publisher of Horizon International, Yale University, Department of Biology, Box 208103, New Haven, CT 06520-8103 (USA) sent the One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team an important and welcomed One Health endorsement message.

 

 

 

On behalf of Horizon International I am writing to express our enthusiastic support for the valuable One Health Initiative (OHI) and Horizon’s willingness to do what it can to help advance the OHI objective to bring about the synergy achievable with interdisciplinary collaborations and communications in all aspects of health care for humans, animals and the environment. 

 

  

 

As is so well expressed on the OHI Web site, such synergy will “advance health care for the 21st century and beyond by accelerating biomedical research discoveries, enhancing public health efficacy, expeditiously expanding the scientific knowledge base, and improving medical education and clinical care.” ...”

 

Please read full letter attached.


National Academies of Practice (NAP) Establishes Liaison with One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono team
National Academies of Practice (NAP)
Tuesday, April 23, 2013.

 

National Academies of Practice (NAP) Establishes Liaison with One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono team

 

The NAP is a strong supporter/advocate of the One Health concept and approach -

P.O. Box 644930

Pittsburgh PA 15264

Phone Number:(703) 299-0105

Fax Number: (703) 299-9233

Email Address: kkorbel@napractice.org,

Website: http://www.napractice.org/

 

Please see April 22, 2013 attachment.


NEW VACCINES FOR PATHOGENS INFECTING ANIMALS AND HUMANS: ONE HEALTH - April 16, 2013
Thomas P. Monath, MD
Sunday, April 21, 2013.

NEW VACCINES FOR PATHOGENS INFECTING ANIMALS AND HUMANS: ONE HEALTH

 

*Thomas P. Monath, MD

 

One Health slide presentation at World Vaccine Congress, April 16-19, Washington, DC

 

*Dr. Monath is a founding member of the One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono team and website.


Emerging Infections in Perspective: Novel Coronavirus and H7N9 Influenza
Monday 15 April 2013 by Professor David L Heymann, CBE, Head and Senior Fellow, Centre on Global Health Security
Thursday, April 18, 2013.

From Chatham House “home of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (UK), is a world-leading source of independent analysis, informed debate and influential ideas on how to build a prosperous and secure world for all...” 

Emerging Infections in Perspective: Novel Coronavirus and H7N9 Influenza

 

Monday 15 April 2013 by Professor David L. Heyman, CBE,  Professor David L Heymann, CBE, Head and Senior Fellow, Centre on Global Health Security
   

Since the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory infection (SARS) ten years ago, efforts to detect unusual severe respiratory disease have intensified. At the same time, there have been major advances in the development of diagnostic tests. This is a result of a major increase in the research and development budget for tests to diagnose unknown disease, and this investment was driven by the perception that anthrax and other organisms such as the smallpox virus will continue to be a bioterrorism threat. ...”

 

Please read entire article: http://www.chathamhouse.org/media/comment/view/190809

 

Note: Dr. Heymann is a prominent One Health supporter/advocate and a member of the One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono team’s Honorary Advisory Board http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/advBoard.php.


The Novel H7N9 Influenza A Virus: Its Present Impact and Indeterminate Future
Robert E. Kahn, PhD and Juergen A. Richt, DVM, PhD, Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases (CEEZAD), Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (USA) - April 17, 2013
Wednesday, April 17, 2013.

 

The Novel H7N9 Influenza A Virus: Its Present Impact and Indeterminate Future

 

Robert E. Kahn, PhD and Juergen A. Richt, DVM, PhD, Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases (CEEZAD), Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (USA)

 

Influenza A viruses are unpredictable in their emergence, ability to mutate or reassort, and especially their capacity to cross species. Each of these three aspects of unpredictability are evident in a puzzling new H7N9 influenza virus which began in China earlier this year and has become a significant public health hazard, but not (at least thus far) a harbinger of a pandemic. It appears that this virus is a newly emerging reassorted bird flu virus with the significant characteristic of travelling among numerous avian and maybe mammalian species as a low pathogenic avian influenza virus which surprisingly is a highly pathogenic virus for the human species. The good news is that there is no evidence of sustained human-to-human transmission, but the bad news is that this newly minted H7N9 avian virus can kill human beings who come in contact with birds or poultry that appear healthy but are in fact carrying a lethal zoonotic agent. As Timothy Uyeki and Nancy Cox have pointed out:  “intensified surveillance for H7N9 in humans and animals is essential” (See “Global Concerns Regarding Novel Influenza A (H7N9) Virus Infections,” The New England Journal of Medicine, April 11, 2013 at: http://www.nejm.org/?query=OF ).

"The world is being given a crash course in the importance of “One Health”, because it is primarily through research at the human-animal-environmental interface that this virus can be better understood and hopefully controlled. ...

 

...The precise identification of a new zoonotic  pathogen requires animal, human and environmental scientists to carefully work together [i.e. One Health] in the  field and laboratory  to confirm(i) the identification of the original host species, (ii) its mode of transmission into intermediate host species including humans and (iii) its ecology and survival in the environment. ...

 

...What is determinate—what is conclusively settled—is that an increased commitment to the objectives and implementation of the “One Health” approach to medicine in general is now more urgent than ever. ...”

 

Please read this entire important, thoughtful and insightful perspective on the subject from two outstanding Influenza experts, Drs. Robert E. Kahn and Juergen A. Richt by clicking on PDF attachment.


New Online Immunology Short Course Provides Overview of the Immune System and Vaccines
James A. Roth, DVM, PhD, DACVM , Director, Center for Food Security and Public Health
Tuesday, April 16, 2013.

New Online Immunology Short Course Provides Overview of the Immune System and Vaccines

 

Source: James A. Roth, DVM, PhD, DACVM
Director, Center for Food Security and Public Health
Executive Director, Institute for International Cooperation in Animal Biologics
College of Veterinary Medicine
Iowa State University
Press Contact:  Connie Scovin, communications: cscovin@iastate.edu or Telephone 860-355-8599

 

“Ames, IA (April 16, 2013) – The new course “Introduction to Immunology and Principles of Vaccination” is designed for individuals working in animal health who want an overview of the immune system and how vaccines work. Individuals watch a series of online video lectures (average of 15 minutes each) and use printed study materials. ...

 

Please see entire release by viewing attachment.

 

Note:  Dr. Roth is a prominent One Health supporter/advocate.


Outstanding One Health Program – University of Missouri (USA)
University of Missouri (USA)
Friday, April 12, 2013.

Outstanding One Health Program – University of Missouri (USA)

 

One example: Important/unique Cancer Research program – Comparative Oncology

 

Basic science of cancer is explored and ... helps with better cancer understanding (for diagnosis, control, treatment and prevention) utilizing multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary collaborative expertise from veterinarians, physicians and other prominent health scientists.  Applies to humans and animals!

 

Please see http://mizzouadvantage.missouri.edu/medicine/ and http://vimeo.com/61631390  


North American Veterinary Conference’s *Clinician's Brief Journal (USA) Features One Health Initiative Capsules - April 2013 Issue
Clinician's Brief Journal
Monday, April 08, 2013.

North American Veterinary Conference’s *Clinician's Brief Journal (USA) Features One Health Initiative Capsules

 

April 2013 issue – Please see attached PDF 

 

*Clinician’s Brief, the official Journal of the North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC), adopted support and advocacy of the One Health concept in its October 2011 issue.  

 

The NAVC http://www.navc.com/ conducts a prominent and outstanding yearly meeting in Orlando, Florida (USA).  It is one of the largest veterinary medical continuing education events in the world.  A focus is maintained “on a single goal—providing high quality, practical information to every member of the veterinary [medical] professional team.” 

 

The One Health Initiative team believes Clinician’s Brief to be the only peer reviewed small animal medicine/surgery journal in the world to have adopted and implemented a significant identifiable One Health oriented section (One Health Initiative Capsules) in their monthly publication issues.

 

Provided exclusively to One Health Initiative website by:

 

   Michelle N. Munkres, Editorial Director and Indu Mani, DVM, DSc, Editor

   NAVC Clinician’s Brief

    http://www.cliniciansbrief.com/

    Educational Concepts, LLC

    2021 S. Lewis Avenue #760

    Tulsa, OK 74104

     T: (918) 710-4610               F: (918) 749-1987 


One Health Sweden [formerly Infection Ecology & Epidemiology (IEE)]
One Health Sweden
Thursday, April 04, 2013.

One Health Sweden

 

Infection Ecology & Epidemiology (IEE), founded in 2010, has changed its name to One Health Sweden. Most human infections are caused by agents (bacteria, virus, fungi and parasites) that also infect animals. However, historically science has been divided into different disciplines depending upon if the agent is found in humans (medicine), domestic animals (veterinary medicine) or wild life (biology and ecology). An important task for the future is to link these disciplines under the concept of One Health. We need to study how different agents and antibiotic resistance spread between animals and humans and how this is related to environmental and ecological conditions. One Health Sweden is a network for researchers from several universities and governmental organizations. The overall goal is to improve health for humans and animals, and to do this by stimulating interdisciplinary research and increased knowledge about One Health:

 

·        Increase One Health research
Our goal is to provide a platform for interdisciplinary collaboration within the One Health area.

·        Spread results from One Health research
Our goal is to make it possible for researchers from all over the world to publish results in connection with One Health and make it available as widely as possible. We provide an open access journal “Infection Ecology and Epidemiology”, within the area.

·       Enhance the level of knowledge about One Health in society
Our goal is to decrease the risk for emerging new pandemics, propagation of zoonotic infections and resistance to medication, by increasing the awareness of interaction between humans, animals and the environment and to show how our life styles affect the expansion of infectious diseases.

Please see: www.onehealth.se

 

Editor-in-Chief: Björn Olsen, MD, PhD, Professor & Senior Physician in Infectious Diseases, Uppsala University and Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden serves on the One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Advisory Board http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/advBoard.php.


Diagnosis and Management of Q Fever — United States, 2013: Recommendations from CDC and the Q Fever Working Group
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) - March 29, 2013 / 62(RR03);1-23
Tuesday, April 02, 2013.

Important Zoonotic Disease with One Health implications...

 

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) - March 29, 2013 / 62(RR03);1-23

 

Diagnosis and Management of Q Fever — United States, 2013: Recommendations from CDC and the Q Fever Working Group

 

The material in this report originated in the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Beth P. Bell, MD, Director; and the Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Lyle R. Petersen, MD, Director.

Corresponding preparer: Alicia Anderson, DVM, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, MS A-30, Atlanta, GA 30333. Telephone: 404-639-4499; Fax: 404-639-2778; E-mail: aha5@cdc.gov.

 

Summary

Q fever, a zoonotic disease caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii, can cause acute or chronic illness in humans. Transmission occurs primarily through inhalation of aerosols from contaminated soil or animal waste. No licensed vaccine is available in the United States. Because many human infections result in nonspecific or benign constitutional symptoms, establishing a diagnosis of Q fever often is challenging for clinicians. This report provides the first national recommendations issued by CDC for Q fever recognition, clinical and laboratory diagnosis, treatment, management, and reporting for health-care personnel and public health professionals. The guidelines address treatment of acute and chronic phases of Q fever illness in children, adults, and pregnant women, as well as management of occupational exposures. These recommendations will be reviewed approximately every 5 years and updated to include new published evidence.

 

 

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr6203a1.htm?s_cid=rr6203a1_e


Global Programs and Initiatives – One Health
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
Thursday, March 28, 2013.

U. S. Department of Health and Human Services

 

Global Programs and Initiatives – One Health

 

http://www.globalhealth.gov/global-programs-and-initiatives/one-health/


One Health approach needed...Discrepancies in Data Reporting for Rabies, Africa
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Volume 19, Number 4—April 2013
Tuesday, March 26, 2013.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Volume 19, Number 4—April 2013

Discrepancies in Data Reporting for Rabies, Africa

Nel LH. Discrepancies in data reporting for rabies, Africa. Emerg Infect Dis [Internet]. 2013 Apr [date cited]. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1904.120185

 

Abstract

Human rabies is an ancient disease but in modern times has primarily been associated with dog rabies–endemic countries of Asia and Africa. From an African perspective, the inevitable and tragic consequences of rabies require serious reflection of the factors that continue to drive its neglect. Established as a major disease only after multiple introductions during the colonial era, rabies continues to spread into new reservoirs and territories in Africa. However, analysis of reported data identified major discrepancies that are indicators of poor surveillance, reporting, and cooperation among national, international, and global authorities. Ultimately, the absence of reliable and sustained data compromises the priority given to the control of rabies. Appropriate actions and changes, in accordance to the One Health philosophy and including aspects such as synchronized, shared, and unified global rabies data reporting, will not only be necessary, but also should be feasible.

 

http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/4/12-0185_article.htm


One health, food security, and veterinary medicine
Journal American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA) Vol 242, No. 6, March 15, 2013
Wednesday, March 20, 2013.

Journal American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA) Vol 242, No. 6, March 15, 2013

 

Commentary

 

One health, food security, and veterinary medicine

 

Alan M. Kelly, BVSc, PhD; James D. Ferguson, VMD, MSc; David T. Galligan, VMD, MBA;

Mo Salman, BVMS, PhD; Bennie I. Osburn, DVM, PhD   

 

“At the Group of Eight (G8) Summit in L’Aquila, Italy, in July 2009, the leaders of the world’s largest economies committed to “act with the scale and urgency needed to achieve sustainable global food security.”  The statement was precipitated by spikes in food prices, a rising incidence of hunger in 2008, a realization that price spikes are likely to recur, and an understanding that global food security is among the most formidable challenges facing all of humankind in the 21st century.  This urgent global challenge will require a dramatic and coordinated effort by multiple stakeholders, including a crucial role for the veterinary profession in the United States and the developing world. ...”

 

Please read more: http://avmajournals.avma.org/doi/pdf/10.2460/javma.242.6.739

 

Note: The One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team: Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP ▪ Bruce Kaplan, DVM ▪ Thomas P. Monath, MD ▪ Jack Woodall, PhD Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH

          considers this article to be a very important/significant contribution to One Health literature.

 

Provided by:

 

Diane A Fagen, Librarian / Copyright & Permissions / Electronic Access / Archives

American Veterinary Medical Association

1931 N Meacham Rd

Schaumburg IL 60173-4360

p:  800-248-2862 ext 6770

f:   847-925-9329

e:  dfagen@avma.org


One Health Newsletter Volume 6, Issue 1 - Current Quarterly Winter Issue Published Today
Florida Department of Health (USA)
Monday, March 18, 2013.

One Health Newsletter Volume 6, Issue 1

Current Quarterly Winter Issue Published Today

Winter 2013-Volume 6 Issue 1 (PDF 1 MB)

Winter 2013-Text only version (PDF 84 KB)

 


Eight Multistate Outbreaks of Human Salmonella Infections Linked to Small Turtles
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Saturday, March 16, 2013.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Eight Multistate Outbreaks of Human Salmonella Infections Linked to Small Turtles

Posted February 15, 2013 4:00 PM ET

 

http://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/small-turtles-03-12/index.html


One Health and Hendra virus: a collaborative approach in action [Australia]
Vol. 23(7–8) 2012 NSW Public Health Bulletin (Australia)
Wednesday, March 13, 2013.

One Health and Hendra virus: a collaborative approach in action [Australia]

 

Belinda CrawfordA, Ian RothB and Tiggy GrilloC

ANSW Public Health Officer Training Program, NSW Ministry

of Health

BDepartment of Primary Industries

CAustralian Wildlife Health Network

 

 

 “The One Health initiative (http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/) encompasses the health of humans, animals and the environment, recognising the indivisible interconnections that exist between these domains.As over 60% of emerging and re-emerging diseases are transmitted from animals to humans (zoonoses), the OneHealth initiative has significant potential to reduce the global health threat caused by infectious diseases.1 ...”

 

Please read more Vol. 23(7–8) 2012 NSW Public Health Bulletin (Australia).  Click on attachment.


North American Veterinary Conference’s *Clinician's Brief Journal (USA) Features One Health Initiative Capsules
Clinician’s Brief - March 2013 issue
Friday, March 08, 2013.

North American Veterinary Conference’s *Clinician's Brief Journal (USA) Features One Health Initiative Capsules

 

March 2013 issue – Please see attached PDF  More on One Health and preventative values of hand washing 

 

*Clinician’s Brief, the official Journal of the North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC), adopted support and advocacy of the One Health concept in its October 2011 issue.  

 

The NAVC http://www.navc.com/ conducts a prominent and outstanding yearly meeting in Orlando, Florida (USA).  It is one of the largest veterinary medical continuing education events in the world.  A focus is maintained “on a single goal—providing high quality, practical information to every member of the veterinary [medical] professional team.” 

 

The One Health Initiative team believes Clinician’s Brief to be the only peer reviewed small animal medicine/surgery journal in the world to have adopted and implemented a significant identifiable One Health oriented section (One Health Initiative Capsules) in their monthly publication issues.

 

Provided exclusively to One Health Initiative website by:

 

   Michelle N. Munkres, Editorial Director and Indu Mani, DVM, DSc, Editor

   NAVC Clinician’s Brief

    http://www.cliniciansbrief.com/

    Educational Concepts, LLC

    2021 S. Lewis Avenue #760

    Tulsa, OK 74104

     T: (918) 710-4610               F: (918) 749-1987              


One Health - Australian Veterinary Association
Australian Veterinary Association
Monday, March 04, 2013.

One Health

 

Australian Veterinary Association

 

SEE http://www.ava.com.au/news/media-centre/hot-topics-6

 

Note:  Australian health professionals have been and continue to be actively engaged in their dyamic national One Health movement.  These Australian One Health leaders are also widely recognized in the international One Health movement.  Indeed, the 1st International One Health Congress was held in Australia.

http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/One%20Health%20Society%20Proposal%20Amended%20version.pdf


Always Wash Hands (Important Public Heath Preventative)
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Wednesday, February 27, 2013.

Always Wash Hands (Important Public Health Preventative):

After touching animals or their living area -  After leaving the animal area -  After taking off dirty clothes or shoes -  After going to the bathroom - Before preparing foods, eating, or drinking

Please help educate about a simple, yet highly efficacious disease prevention method. 

 

Information provided by:

 

Casey Barton Behravesh DVM, DrPH, DACVPM

Commander, U.S. Public Health Service

Deputy Branch Chief

Outbreak Response and Prevention Branch

Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases

National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

e-mail: dlx9@cdc.gov

office: 404-639-0367

 

Note: Dr. Behravesh advised about a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website announcement on a second outbreak of Salmonella infections linked with live poultry contact.  Details at http://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/montevideo-06-12/index.html and said, “We are asking for your help to distribute an educational flyer to

convey the important prevention messages on human Salmonella infections associated with live poultry.  These materials are available in

several sizes and in 3 languages (English, Spanish and French).”

 

See: http://www.cdc.gov/healthypets/resources/posters.htm


Vector-borne helminths of dogs and humans in Europe
Parasites & Vectors 2013, 6:16 doi:10.1186/1756-3305-6-16 - Published: 16 January 2013
Sunday, February 24, 2013.

Vector-borne helminths of dogs and humans in Europe

Domenico Otranto, Filipe Dantas-Torres, Emanuele Brianti, Donato Traversa, Dusan Petrić, Claudio Genchi and Gioia Capelli

Parasites & Vectors 2013, 6:16 doi:10.1186/1756-3305-6-16 - Published: 16 January 2013

http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/6/1/16/abstract

 


Antimicrobial Resistance: A Global Public Health Challenge Requiring a Global One Health Strategy
INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE of the National Academies (USA)– Published February 7, 2013
Wednesday, February 20, 2013.

INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE of the National Academies (USA)– Published February 7, 2013

 

Antimicrobial Resistance: A Global Public Health Challenge Requiring a Global One Health Strategy

Download PDF - 143 KB

http://iom.edu/Global/Perspectives/2013/AntimicrobialResistance.aspx?utm_medium=etmail&utm_source=Institute%20of%20Medicine&utm_campaign=02.07.13+Perspective+Alert&utm_content=Forum%20on%20Microbial%20Threats&utm_term=Unknown

 

Provided by:

 

Gregory C. Gray, MD, MPH, FIDSA

Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions

Professor, Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine

Director, Global Pathogens Laboratory

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL (USA)

Email: gcgray@phhp.ufl.edu

 

Dr. Gray is a member of the One Health Initiative team’s Honorary Advisory Board http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/advBoard.php.


Breitschwerdt EB, Sontakke S, Hopkins S. Neurological Manifestations of Bartonellosis in Immunocompetent Patients: A composite of reports from 2005-2012. J Neuroparasitol . 3: 15 pages, 2012
Neurological Manifestations of Bartonellosis in Immunocompetent Patients: A composite of reports from 2005-2012
Friday, February 15, 2013.

Important “One Health in Action”... a veterinarian, medical microbiologist and physician working collaboratively on zoonotic disease pathogen

 

Neurological Manifestations of Bartonellosis in Immunocompetent Patients: A composite of reports from 2005-2012

Edward B. Breitschwerdt, DVM, DACVIM1, Sushama Sontakke, PhD1,2, Sarah E. Hopkins, MD3

1Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, North Carolina State University,Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

2Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA

3Department of Neurology, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA

 

 

Abstract: In recent years, an increasing number of Bartonella species have been identified as zoonotic pathogens, transmitted by animal bites, scratches or by arthropods. Although historically the term bartonellosis was attributed to infections with Bartonella bacilliformis, transmitted by sandflies in the Peruvian Andes, a more inclusive medical use of this term now includes infections caused by any Bartonella sp., anywhere in the world. Potentially, because Bartonella spp. can infect erythrocytes, endothelial cells and various macrophage-type cells, including brain derived dendritic cells in vitro, the clinical and pathological manifestations of bartonellosis appear to be very diverse. The purpose of this review is to focus attention on neurological bartonellosis cases reported in immunocompetent patients since 2005.  Among these patients, disease course has varied substantially in length and severity, including one fatal case of encephalitis in a child.  Based upon the evolving literature, a high clinical index of suspicion is warranted.

Comment from the first author:  The genus Bartonella provides an important contemporary example of One Health in action (i.e. physicians, veterinarians and disease ecologists working together). The primary motivations for this review were to emphasize the expanding number of arthropod vectors, wild and domestic animal reservoirs and growing number of named Bartonella species that have induceddocumented human infections in recent years. In addition, this review will hopefully help physicians, public health officials and veterinarians to stop equating infection with a Bartonella species to historical Cat Scratch Disease, but to start considering the possibility that a much more complex environmental and medical scenario might be contributing to diverse neurological disease presentations in neurobartonellosis patients throughout the world.

Note: Dr. Breitschwerdt, a veterinarian, is a prominent vector borne infectious diseases researcher and recognized One Health Supporter/Advocate; Dr. Sontakke is a medical microbiologist who has previously collaborated with Dr. Breitschwerdt on studies related to bartonellosis; and Dr. Hopkins, a physician, is a pediatric neurologist, who has managed a patient with neurobartonellosis identified in Dr. Breitschwerdt’s research laboratory.

SEE ATTACHMENT to read complete open-access article: Reference Citation: Breitschwerdt EB, Sontakke S, Hopkins S. Neurological Manifestations of Bartonellosis in Immunocompetent Patients: A composite of reports from 2005-2012. J Neuroparasitol . 3: 15 pages, 2012  doi:10.4303/jnp/235640


One Health in Action – Compelling Stories!
University of Minnesota – Center for Animal Health and Food Safety (CAHFS)
Wednesday, February 13, 2013.

University of Minnesota  – Center for Animal Health and Food Safety (CAHFS)

 

One Health in Action – Compelling Stories!

 

Please see: http://www.cahfs.umn.edu/appliedresearch/globalohimplement/CompellingStories/index.htm

 

Provided by:

 

Jamie K. Umber, DVM, MPH, DACVPM
Senior Veterinary Epidemiologist

Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP)

Fellow, Global Initiative for Food Systems Leadership (GIFSL)

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Veterinary Population Medicine

College of Veterinary Medicine

University of Minnesota (USA)
Office: 612-625-2673
Email: umber@umn.edu

  Web: www.cidrap.umn.edu

           www.cahfs.umn.edu

 

Dr. Umber is a recognized One Health Supporter/Advocate.


The importance of a ‘One Health’ approach recognized by: Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa
Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa
Monday, February 11, 2013.

The importance of a ‘One Health’ approach recognized by:

 

Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa

Institute of Development Studies: Zoonoses – From Panic to Planning –  ISSUE 02 • JANUARY 2013

 

See: www.driversofdisease.org

or http://steps-centre.org/wpsite/wp-content/uploads/ZoonosesRapidResponseBriefing_jan_2013.pdf

 

Graciously provided by:

 

Naomi Marks

Communications Officer

Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium

STEPS Centre

Twitter: @DDDAC_org

Sign up to our newsletter

Tel: +44 (0) 1273 915606

 


Issues in the Development of a Research and Education Framework for One Health
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal: Volume 19, Number 3—March 2013
Friday, February 08, 2013.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal: Volume 19, Number 3—March 2013

Conference Summary

Issues in the Development of a Research and Education Framework for One Health

Gargano LM, Gallagher PF, Barrett M, Howell K, Wolfe C, Woods C, et al. Issues in the development of a research and education framework for One Health [conference summary]. Emerg Infect Dis [Internet]. 2013 Mar [date cited]. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1903.121103

Emerging vectorborne and zoonotic diseases and public health consequences of environmental degradation have led to calls for One Health approaches that integrate public, animal, and environmental health perspectives and expertise (1,2). Recognizing the need to focus on One Health issues and priorities, the Southeastern Regional Center of Excellence for Emerging Infections and Biodefense (www.serceb.org ) convened a conference January 30–31, 2012, to discuss development of a research and education framework for One Health. ...

Please read more: http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/3/12-1103_article.htm

 


DAI’s Marguerite Pappaioanou Leads One Health Discussion at Bangkok Conference
DAI
Wednesday, February 06, 2013.

February 1, 2013

DAI’s Marguerite Pappaioanou Leads One Health Discussion at Bangkok Conference

In recent years tens of thousands of people have died—including more than 18,000 in the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic—of disease born from the interaction of people, animals, and ecosystems.

Outbreaks of swine flu, avian flu, and other zoonotic diseases could be stopped if authorities cooperated across borders and other barriers, DAI’s Dr. Marguerite Pappaioanou told an audience January 31 at the Prince Mahidol Award Conference in Bangkok, Thailand. The conference, which runs through February 2, has drawn more than 1,200 health and industry professionals addressing infectious disease. ...

Please read complete article at:

http://dai.com/news-publications/news/dai%E2%80%99s-marguerite-pappaioanou-leads-one-health-discussion-bangkok-conference?utm_source=twitter&utm_term=news

 

Note: Dr. Pappaioanou is a widely recognized supporter/advocate and international leader in the One Health movement.


Summary of the "Promoting Global Solidarity of One Health Approaches" side meeting that was held in Thailand earlier this week prior to the Prince Mahidol Award Conference 2013
Will Hueston, DVM, PhD - Executive Director, Global Initiative for Food Systems Leadership - University of Minnesota (USA)
Saturday, February 02, 2013.

Received by One Health Initiative website February 2, 2013

 

Hello partners in One Health,

 

Please find attached a summary of the "Promoting Global Solidarity of One Health Approaches" side meeting that was held in Thailand earlier this week prior to the Prince Mahidol Award Conference 2013.  For both meeting participants and partners unable to attend, we hope you find this "newsletter" style format an enjoyable way to recall or learn of and share the key outcomes from the meeting.

 

In the spirit of One Health, we thank you all for your contributions and continued collaborations!

  

Best regards,

 

Will Hueston, DVM, PhD

Executive Director, Global Initiative for Food Systems Leadership
Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Public Health
University of Minnesota (USA)
Phone: 612-625-5900
Email:
huest001@umn.edu

 

 

Jamie K. Umber, DVM, MPH, DACVPM
Senior Veterinary Epidemiologist

Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP)

Fellow, Global Initiative for Food Systems Leadership (GIFSL)

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Veterinary Population Medicine

College of Veterinary Medicine

University of Minnesota (USA)
Office: 612-625-2673
Email: umber@umn.edu

  Web: www.cidrap.umn.edu

           www.cahfs.umn.edu

 

Note: Drs. Hueston and Umber are recognized, prominent leaders in the One Health movement.


Experts call for One Health approach to tackling zoonotic diseases
AgHealth - January 29, 2013
Wednesday, January 30, 2013.

AgHealth

One Health

Archived Posts from this Category

 

Experts call for One Health approach to tackling zoonotic diseases

Posted by Tezira Lore under A4NH, Livestock, One Health, Zoonotic Diseases | Tags: disease control, ecohealth |

http://aghealth.wordpress.com/category/one-health/


A One Health publication...Transboundary Animal Diseases and International Trade
Andrés Cartín-Rojas, DVM
Friday, January 25, 2013.

A One Health publication...

 

Transboundary Animal Diseases and International Trade

 

Andrés Cartín-Rojas, DVM

 

Cartín-Rojas, A. 2012. Transboundary animal diseases and international trade. In: International Trade from Economic and Policy Perspective. Vito Bobek, ed. InTech press. Zabreb, Croatia. Capitulo 7, Páginas 143-167. (ISBN) 979-953-307-940-9. 

 

Dr. Cartin-Rojas is a longstanding One Health supporter/advocate http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/supporters.php

 


Veterinary Biologics Training Program Scheduled for May, 2013
Center for Food Security and Public Health - Institute for International Cooperation in Animal Biologics - Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine (USA)
Tuesday, January 22, 2013.

PRESS RELEASE_ January 17, 2013

 

Veterinary Biologics Training Program Scheduled for May, 2013 (USA)

 

Contact: Connie Scovin, Development Coordinator, Institute for International Cooperation in Animal Biologics (IICAB) cscovin@iastate.edu

 

Ames, IA - The Veterinary Biologics Training Program is held annually for professionals in veterinary vaccine and diagnostic test development and regulatory agencies. This course provides an overview of the scientific principles of immunology and vaccinology; and the USDA regulatory process for assuring the purity, safety, potency and efficacy of veterinary biologics.

 

Enrollment is now open for the 2013 Program which begins May 14, 2013 in Ames, Iowa USA.

 

Now in its 18th year, the Veterinary Biologics Training Program has been attended by nearly 1800 individuals, including more than 500 attendees from 84 countries.

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The course is co-sponsored by the Institute for International Cooperation in Animal Biologics (IICAB); the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's (APHIS) Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB); and the Iowa State University (ISU) College of Veterinary Medicine.

 

Program Topics

Block 1: Basic Veterinary Immunology and Principles of Vaccination, May 14-17, 2013
James A. Roth, DVM, PhD, DACVM, an award winning instructor, teaches this course which serves as either a solid introduction or refresher in the mechanisms of resistance to infectious diseases and vaccination.

Block 2: Procedures for Ensuring Vaccine Safety and Efficacy, May 19-23, 2013
Regulatory officials from the USDA APHIS Veterinary Services Center for Veterinary Biologics review the requirements and processes for licensing/registration and testing of veterinary biological products. Officials also review the inspection and compliance process for production, release and post-marketing surveillance of veterinary biological products covered under the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act. This is the only event where officials present this entire set of sessions in one location.

 

Registration is accepted for the entire Program, for each Block, or on a daily basis.  Registrations are due by March 1, 2013.  Late applications will be considered pending availability of space.

 

Visit the website for more information regarding itinerary, registration fees/deadlines and forms, housing for international participants, meals, transportation, and lodging: http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/IICAB/meetings/may2013.php

 

Please note that Block 1 is also available as an online course. Individuals and groups can take this course at their own pace without travel expense and time away from the office. Click here to preview the online lectures and to register for the online course.  http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Immunology/

 

Provided by:

Connie Scovin

Development Coordinator

Center for Food Security and Public Health

Institute for International Cooperation in Animal Biologics

Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine

2160 College of Veterinary Medicine

Ames, Iowa 50011 (USA)

Tel. 860.355.8599

Mobile 203.219.1689

Email cscovin@iastate.edu


Reminder of an excellent One Health Program and Outstanding Educator in New Zealand
Massey University - New Zealand
Thursday, January 17, 2013.

Reminder of an excellent One Health Program and Outstanding Educator in New Zealand

 

Please see http://www.onehealth.org.nz/ or attachment.

 

Joanna McKenzie, PhD, MPVM, MANZCVS, BVSc

Massey University

One Health Project Activity Coordinator – EpiCentre

http://www.onehealth.org.nz/  

Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences

   1 Burnside Road, R.D. 2, Papakura 2582, New Zealand

 

   J.S.McKenzie@massey.ac.nz

 

 

Dr. McKenzie, a veterinarian, is a recognized longstanding One Health supporter/advocate.


One Health: perspectives on ethical issues and evidence from animal experiments
EMHJ • Vol. 18 No. 11 • 2012 Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, La Revue de Santé de la Méditerranée orientale
Wednesday, January 16, 2013.

 

EMHJ • Vol. 18 No. 11 • 2012 Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, La Revue de Santé de la Méditerranée orientale

 

One Health: perspectives on ethical issues and evidence from animal experiments

 

G.V. Asokan,1 Z. Fedorowicz,2 P. Tharyan 3 and A. Vanitha 4

1Public Health Programme, College of Health Sciences; 2Bahrain Branch of UK Cochrane Centre, Ministry of Health, Manama, Bahrain

(Correspondence to *G.V. Asokan: agv@health.gov.bh).

3South Asian Cochrane Centre and Network, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.

4American Mission Hospital, Manama, Bahrain.

 

NOTE: *G.V. Asokan, BVSc, MSc, MACE

            Head, Public Health Program

            Allied Health Division

            College of Health Sciences

            University of Bahrain

            Kingdom of Bahrain

            Tel: 17285421, Extn: 5421

Dr. Asokan, a veterinarian, is a recognized One Health supporter/advocate.

 

Please see attachment.


Conversations with the College's Pioneers in One Health
University of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine
Friday, January 11, 2013.

University of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine

Conversations with the College's Pioneers in One Health

“In late 2012, Profiles Online interviewed five of the College of Veterinary Medicine's pioneers in One Health about how they define One Health, One Health's origins, their own work in One Health, and how the One Health concept has changed veterinary medicine and human medicine. ... “

Read more: http://www.cvm.umn.edu/ProfilesOnline/onehealth/home.html and http://www.cvm.umn.edu/prod/groups/cvm/@pub/@cvm/documents/asset/cvm_asset_420620.pdf

 

Graciously provided by:

Trevor R. Ames, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, Dean, University of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine

Dr. Ames is a recognized leader and supporter of One Health.


A Quantitative and Novel Approach to the Prioritization of Zoonotic Diseases in North America: A Public Perspective
PLOS ONE | www.plosone.org 1 November 2012 | Volume 7 | Issue 11 | e48519
Monday, January 07, 2013.

PLOS ONE | www.plosone.org 1 November 2012 | Volume 7 | Issue 11 | e48519

 

A Quantitative and Novel Approach to the Prioritization of Zoonotic Diseases in North America: A Public Perspective

Victoria Ng*, Jan M. Sargeant

Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses, Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada

 

Citation: Ng V, Sargeant JM (2012) A Quantitative and Novel Approach to the Prioritization of Zoonotic Diseases in North America: A Public Perspective. PLoS

ONE 7(11): e48519. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048519

 

“Conclusions/Significance: This was the first study to describe a systematic and quantitative approach to the prioritization of

zoonoses in North America involving public participants. We found individuals with no prior knowledge or experience in

prioritizing zoonoses were capable of producing meaningful results using CA as a novel quantitative approach to

prioritization. More similarities than differences were observed between countries suggesting general agreement in disease

prioritization between Canadians and Americans. We demonstrate CA as a potential tool for the prioritization of zoonoses;

other prioritization exercises may also consider this approach. ...

 

Read more: See attachment.

 

 

PLoS ONE | www.plosone.org 1 January 2013 | Volume 7 | Issue 1 | e29752

 

A Stakeholder-Informed Approach to the Identification of Criteria for the Prioritization of Zoonoses in Canada

 

Victoria Ng, Jan M. Sargeant

 

Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses, and Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada

 

Citation: Ng V, Sargeant JM (2012) A Stakeholder-Informed Approach to the Identification of Criteria for the Prioritization of Zoonoses in Canada. PLoS ONE 7(1):

e29752. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029752

 

“Conclusions/Significance: This was the first study to describe a mixed semi-quantitative and qualitative approach to

deriving criteria for disease prioritization. This was also the first study to involve the opinion of the general public regarding

disease prioritization. The number of criteria identified highlights the difficulty in prioritizing zoonotic diseases. The method

presented in this paper has formulated a comprehensive list of criteria that can be used to inform future disease

prioritization studies. ...

 

Read more: See http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/Ng%20and%20Sargeant%20(2012).pdf


North American Veterinary Conference’s *Clinician's Brief Journal (USA) Features One Health Initiative Capsules - January 2013 issue
Clinician's Brief Journal
Tuesday, January 01, 2013.

 

North American Veterinary Conference’s *Clinician's Brief Journal (USA) Features One Health Initiative Capsules

 

January 2013 issue – Please see attached PDF and the PDF link below:

 

http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/CB%20Jan%2013%20Infectious%20DZ%20Weese%20JS.pdf  

 

*Clinician’s Brief, the official Journal of the North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC), adopted support and advocacy of the One Health concept in its October 2011 issue.  

 

The NAVC http://www.navc.com/ conducts a prominent and outstanding yearly meeting in Orlando, Florida (USA), January 19-23, 2013.  It is one of the largest veterinary medical continuing education events in the world.  A focus is maintained “on a single goal—providing high quality, practical information to every member of the veterinary [medical] professional team.” 

 

The One Health Initiative team believes Clinician’s Brief to be the only peer reviewed small animal medicine/surgery journal in the world to have adopted and implemented a significant identifiable One Health oriented section (One Health Initiative Capsules) in their monthly publication issues.

 

Provided exclusively to One Health Initiative website by:

 

               Michelle N. Munkres, Editorial Director and Indu Mani, DVM, DSc, Editor

               NAVC Clinician’s Brief

               http://www.cliniciansbrief.com/

               Educational Concepts, LLC

               2021 S. Lewis Avenue #760

               Tulsa, OK 74104

               T: (918) 710-4610

               F: (918) 749-1987


Enhancing Family Health Connections in Clinical Practice – A One Health Approach [Canada]
Family Medicine Forum, Toronto ON - November 15, 2012
Friday, December 28, 2012.

 Enhancing Family Health Connections in Clinical Practice – A One Health Approach [Canada]

Erin Leonard, DVM PhD(c)1 and David Fisman, MD MPH FRCPC2

 

1Veterinary Epidemiologist, Public Health Agency of Canada; and 2Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Family Medicine Forum, Toronto ON

November 15, 2012

 

French translation Courtesy of David N. Fisman, MD, MPH:

http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/FMF%20presentation%20df%20francais.pdf


*Clinician's Brief Journal (USA) Features One Health Initiative Capsules
Clinician's Brief Journal - December 2012 Issue Volume 10 Number 12
Monday, December 24, 2012.

North American Veterinary Conference’s *Clinician's Brief Journal (USA) Features One Health Initiative Capsules

 

December 2012 issue – Please see attached PDF and the PDF links below:

 

 http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/CB%20-%20OHI%20December%202012.pdf

 

http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/CB%20-%20OHI%20Cryptococcosis%202012.pdf

 

*Clinician’s Brief, the official Journal of the North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC), adopted support and advocacy of the One Health concept in its October 2011 issue.  The NAVC http://www.navc.com/ conducts a prominent and outstanding yearly meeting in Orlando, Florida (USA).  It is one of the largest veterinary medical continuing education events in the world.  A focus is maintained “on a single goal—providing high quality, practical information to every member of the veterinary [medical] professional team.” 

 

The One Health Initiative team believes Clinician’s Brief to be the only peer reviewed small animal medicine/surgery journal in the world to have adopted and implemented a significant identifiable One Health oriented section (One Health Initiative Capsules) in their monthly publication issues.

 

Provided exclusively to One Health Initiative website by:

 

Michelle N. Munkres, Editorial Director and Indu Mani, DVM, DSc, Editor

NAVC Clinician’s Brief

http://www.cliniciansbrief.com/

Educational Concepts, LLC

2021 S. Lewis Avenue #760

Tulsa, OK 74104

T: (918) 710-4610

F: (918) 749-1987

 


Antibiotics Aren't Always the Answer
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
Friday, December 21, 2012.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...

Antibiotics Aren't Always the Answer

Antibiotics do not fight infections caused by viruses like colds, most sore throats and bronchitis, and some ear infections. Unneeded antibiotics may lead to future antibiotic-resistant infections. Symptom relief might be the best treatment option.

Dangers of Antibiotic Resistance ...

Read more: http://www.cdc.gov/Features/GetSmart/


Educating, supporting, pet carers and vets on the treatment of resistant bacteria
The Bella Moss Foundation - United Kingdom
Sunday, December 16, 2012.

The Bella Moss Foundation

Educating, supporting, pet carers and vets on the treatment of resistant bacteria

http://www.thebellamossfoundation.com/


Coughs and sneezes, bats, birds, pigs and you
Jack Woodall, PhD - One Health Initiative website
Friday, December 14, 2012.

Coughs and sneezes, bats, birds, pigs and you

 

By Jack Woodall, PhD

 

Dr. Jack Woodall is a member of the One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team: Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP ▪ Bruce Kaplan, DVM ▪ Thomas P. Monath, MD ▪ Jack Woodall, PhD ▪ Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH.  He is a Co-founder and Associate Editor of ProMED-mail and contents manager of the One Health Initiative website’s ProMED Outbreak Reports page http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/promed.php

 

Posted on One Health Initiative website December 14, 2012

 

Please see attachment.


Quarterly One Health Newsletter Fall 2012 Volume 5 Issue 4 Published
Thursday, December 06, 2012.

Quarterly One Health Newsletter Fall 2012 Volume 5 Issue 4 Published

 

Please see http://www.doh.state.fl.us/environment/medicine/One_Health/FallOHNL2012.pdf or

http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/newsletter.php

 

Subscribe:

OH@doh.state.fl.us

 

Submit articles,

contact the editor, Elizabeth Radke, MPH: ohnleditor@gmail.com


One Health Research Leads to Test and Treatment for Preeclampsia
Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas (USA)
Monday, December 03, 2012.

November 21, 2012

One Health Research Leads to Test and Treatment for Preeclampsia [hopefully for humans] - USA

“College Station, TX-Many of the health problems in the world today not only impact humans, but also animals and the environment. To find solutions, researchers have increasingly taken a "One Health" approach leading to the development of collaborations as unique as the answers they seek.

One example of this One Health approach involves the work of physicians, veterinarians, and environmental scientists at Texas A&M University (TAMU) and Texas A&M AgriLife Research.  Dr. Jules B. Puschett, a physician and research professor in the Veterinary Pathobiology Department at the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), along with researchers at Texas A&M AgriLife Research, have developed an animal model they hope will lead to a way to predict and prevent preeclampsia in humans. …”

Please read more http://vetmed.tamu.edu/news/press-releases/one-health-research-leads-to-test-and-treatment-for-preeclampsia

 

Graciously provided by:

 

Mike Chaddock, DVM, EML

Assistant Dean for One Health and Strategic Initiatives

College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences

Texas A&M University

Mchaddock@cvm.tamu.edu

Suite 101, VMA Building

4461 TAMU

College Station, TX 77843-4461 (USA)

Tel. 979.845.5617

Fax. 979.845.5088

 

Note: Dr. Chaddock is a widely respected One Health supporter/advocate.


Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa - Newsletter no. 1: October 2012
The Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium
Thursday, November 29, 2012.

The Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium

Integrating our understandings of zoonoses,
ecosystems and wellbeing

 

Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa
Newsletter no.1: October 2012

 

http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=df0b28f6b491641b14e76c0cc&id=e2a325a31a

 

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One Health Initiative Support from World Medical Association and World Veterinary Association
World Medical Association President (former American Medical Association President) physician Cecil B. Wilson, MD
Monday, November 26, 2012.

One Health Initiative Support from World Medical Association and World Veterinary Association

World Medical Association President (former American Medical Association President) physician Cecil B. Wilson, MD, longstanding One Health supporter/advocate.

 

See Dr. Wilson’s blog http://www.wma.net/en/45blogs/2012_pblog13/index.html


Blastocystis sp.: waterborne zoonotic organism, a possibility?
Parasites & Vectors 2012, 5:130 doi:10.1186/1756-3305-5-130 - Published: 28 June 2012
Saturday, November 24, 2012.

Blastocystis sp.: waterborne zoonotic organism, a possibility?

Parasites & Vectors 2012, 5:130 doi:10.1186/1756-3305-5-130 - Published: 28 June 2012

Please see: http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/5/1/130/abstract


One Health Course Open to Graduate Students From Triangle (USA)
Duke Global Health Institute (USA)
Thursday, November 22, 2012.

Duke Global Health Institute (USA)

 

News Article

One Health Course Open to Graduate Students From Triangle (USA)

 

Students from Duke, North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA) will share the classroom next semester as part of the One Health (GLHLTH 771/ENVIRON 774) course. The innovative graduate-level course, which was among the first to be taught in the nation two years ago, will be offered again this spring semester. Student registration for the course is open, and students from all backgrounds and interests are encouraged to enroll. ...”

 

READ MORE: http://globalhealth.duke.edu/news-events/global-health-news-at-duke/one-health-course-open-to-graduate-students-from-triangle


Outstanding New One Health website online at University of California (USA)
University of California - Davis
Wednesday, November 21, 2012.

Outstanding New One Health website online at University of California (USA)

 

Please see http://i-onehealth.org/

 

Note: There are resources for students and faculty, videos, photos, job listings, etc.

 

Provided to the One Health Initiative website by:

 

Michael D. Lairmore DVM, PhD

Dean

School of Veterinary Medicine

University of California – Davis

One Shields Avenue

Davis, CA 95616


One Health Forum - Korea 2012
One Health Forum - Korea 2012
Tuesday, November 20, 2012.

One Health Forum

Korea 2012

December 13-14th 2012 Faculty Club

Seoul National University

Seoul, Korea

http://www.onehealth.kr/index.php?mm_code=704&sm_code=706


One Health Position --Field Operations Manager - New Mexico State Land Office (USA)
New Mexico State Land Office (USA)
Monday, November 19, 2012.

One Health Position -- New Mexico State Land Office (USA)

 

The New Mexico State Land Office is currently recruiting for our One-Health Field Operations Manager (SLO #5885); additional  information about the agency may be found at www.nmstatelands.org   http://www.nmstatelands.org

   

Purpose of Position:

The One-Health Program is an approach to improving community health in all species and the environment through sustainable land management practices. Communities can only thrive if they remain attractive and livable, with sufficient quantities of clean water, clean air, efficient, affordable buildings, healthful food choices, healthy food animals, and leaders who are committed to cooperative long-range planning for a sustainable future. As a major strategy of the New Mexico State Land Office Strategic Plan, this manager will oversee the One-Health Program initiative. This initiative is comprised of three fundamental components that facilitate sound land management.  A comprehensive, contemporary and accurate asset inventory contained within a geo-database to allow informed decisions involving complex interacting systems.  A Decision Support System that leverages asset inventory data to provide detailed multifaceted data and predictive analysis.  Applied management to promote the health and sustainability of state trust land to assure long-term viability. Management decisions through One-Health Program will allow the New Mexico State Land Office to best determine the courses of action providing the greatest benefit to the trust.

 

The job advertisement may be found at:

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/newmexico/default.cfm?action=viewJob&jobID=553094&hit_count=yes&headerFooter=1&promo=0&transfer=0&WDDXJobSearchParams=%3CwddxPacket%20version%3D%271.0%27%3E%3Cheader%2F%3E%3Cdata%3E%3Cstruct%3E%3Cvar%20name%3D%27CATEGORYID%27%3E%3Cstring%3E-1%3C%2Fstring%3E%3C%2Fvar%3E%3Cvar%20name%3D%27PROMOTIONALJOBS%27%3E%3Cstring%3E0%3C%2Fstring%3E%3C%2Fvar%3E%3Cvar%20name%3D%27TRANSFER%27%3E%3Cstring%3E0%3C%2Fstring%3E%3C%2Fvar%3E%3Cvar%20name%3D%27FIND_KEYWORD%27%3E%3Cstring%3E5885%3C%2Fstring%3E%3C%2Fvar%3E%3C%2Fstruct%3E%3C%2Fdata%3E%3C%2FwddxPacket%3E

 

Provided by:

 

John A. Romero, DVM

Assistant Commissioner

Field Operations

New Mexico State Land Office

310 Old Santa Fe Trail

PO Box 1148

Santa Fe NM 87505-1148 (USA)

(505) 827-5768

Fax: (505) 827-5766


Investigating Liver Disease in Ethiopia [A One Health Approach]
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA.
Saturday, November 17, 2012.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA.

 

Investigating Liver Disease in Ethiopia [A One Health Approach]

“A strange new illness was spreading throughout Tigray, the northern region of Ethiopia. In this dry, mountainous area, people living in remote homes and villages were coming down with what appeared to be the same unknown disease. Residents of Tigray were all too familiar with the tropical diseases common in this region, and they recognized this illness was not one of them. But what was it? ...

 

"The Investigation Begins

... In 2005 a multidisciplinary team began an investigation into the disease and its causes under the principle of the “One Health Approach.” The team included physicians, veterinarians, epidemiologists, anthropologists, and environmental and plant scientists. They came from the Ethiopia Ministry of Health and Ethiopia Health and Nutrition Research Institute (EHNRI), the Ethiopia Ministry of Agriculture, WHO-Ethiopia, Addis Ababa and Mekele Universities, Tigray Regional Health Bureaus and Tigray Agricultural and Rural Development Bureau. Despite their efforts, the mystery remained unsolved. ..."

 

Read more: http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/stories/Ethiopia.html


Surveillance of zoonotic infectious diseases transmitted by small companion animals
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Emerging Infectious Disease Journal - November 12, 2012
Tuesday, November 13, 2012.

Surveillance of zoonotic infectious diseases transmitted by small companion animals, Day M J, Breitschwerdt E, Cleaveland S, Karkare U, Khanna C, Kirpensteijn J, Kuiken T, Lappin MR, McQuiston J, Mumford E, Myers T, Palatnik-de-Sousa CB, Rubin C, Takashima G, Thiermann A.  Emerging Infectious Diseases, volume 18, issue 12, December 2012.

 

Please see above U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Emerging Infectious Disease Journal article link:

http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/12/12-0664_article.htm

 

 

*The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) issues Press Release November 12, 2012:

 

Call for global monitoring of infectious diseases in dogs and cats

 

“Most emerging infectious diseases of humans come from animals.  International health agencies monitor these diseases, but they do so only for humans and livestock, not for companion dogs and cats.  A new study recommends a global system is needed to monitor infectious diseases of companion dogs and cats. ...”

 

*Press release:  http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/12%20Nov%20Michael%20Day%20Journal%20of%20Emerging%20Infectious%20Diseases.pdf


US increases funding to combat influenza and emerging disease threats
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - October 29, 2012
Friday, November 09, 2012.

Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

 

US increases funding to combat influenza and emerging disease threats

 

Continued partnership will strengthen countries' preparedness, surveillance and response

 

Some countries are still facing sporadic outbreaks of bird flu.

“29 October 2012, Rome - FAO's commitment to fight emerging disease threats in "hotspot" regions worldwide is getting a boost with new funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the UN agency said today. ...

...‘One Health' approach

These activities are part of a broader effort by FAO and its partners, including the World Health Organization [WHO] and the World Organisation for Animal Health [OIE], to address zoonotic and other high impact diseases by addressing complex health threats through a holistic and multi-disciplinary lens. ...”

Please read complete article: http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/163271/icode/

 


Evolutionary Biology: The Scientific Basis for One Health & an Essential Part of Biomedical Education
September 17, 2012 – Clinician’s Brief Journal, the official publication of the North American Veterinary Conference
Wednesday, November 07, 2012.

September 17, 2012 – Clinician’s Brief Journal, the official publication of the North American Veterinary Conference

 

Evolutionary Biology: The Scientific Basis for One Health & an Essential Part of Biomedical Education

By Leonard C. Marcus, VMD, MD & James P. Evans, MD, PhD


The facts of fungi
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP | 24 October 2012
Friday, November 02, 2012.

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

The facts of fungi

“It's the season for blood-sucking bats and flesh-eating zombies, but even the most ghoulish Halloween character can't hold a candle to one of the scariest life forms around: fungi. ...” 

Please read more: http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/columnists/laura-h-kahn/the-facts-of-fungi 

 

Dr. Kahn is a member of the: One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team: Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP ▪ Bruce Kaplan, DVM ▪ Thomas P. Monath, MD ▪ Jack Woodall, PhD ▪

Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH

 


North American Veterinary Conference’s *Clinician's Brief Journal (USA) Features One Health Initiative Capsules
Clinician's Brief Journal (USA) - October 2012
Tuesday, October 30, 2012.

North American Veterinary Conference’s *Clinician's Brief Journal (USA) Features One Health Initiative Capsules

 

October 2012 issue – Please see attached PDF

 

*Clinician’s Brief, the official Journal of the North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC), adopted support and advocacy of the One Health concept in its October 2011 issue.  The NAVC http://www.navc.com/ conducts a prominent and outstanding yearly meeting in Orlando, Florida (USA).  It is one of the largest veterinary medical continuing education events in the world.  A focus is maintained “on a single goal—providing high quality, practical information to every member of the veterinary [medical] professional team.” 

 

The One Health Initiative team believes Clinician’s Brief to be the only peer reviewed small animal medicine/surgery journal in the world to have adopted and implemented a significant identifiable One Health oriented section (One Health Initiative Capsules) in their monthly publication issues.

 

Provided exclusively to One Health Initiative website by:

 

Michelle N. Munkres, Managing Editor and Indu Mani, DVM, DSc, Editor

NAVC Clinician’s Brief

http://www.cliniciansbrief.com/

Educational Concepts, LLC

2021 S. Lewis Avenue #760

Tulsa, OK 74104

T: (918) 710-4610

F: (918) 749-1987


ONE HEALTH: A Wealth of Health: Online Course Links Human, Animal, Environmental Health Triad
Kansas State University (USA)
Wednesday, October 24, 2012.

Kansas State University (USA) – One Health Course offered

ONE HEALTH: A Wealth of Health: Online Course Links Human, Animal, Environmental Health Triad

MANHATTAN -- The health of animals, people and the environment are inextricably linked. A new online course at Kansas State University shows just how interrelated this health triad is -- and why the concept of "one health" is gaining ground among health professionals.

Introduction to One Health -- BIOL 697, CS 890 and DMP 895 -- will be offered this fall. Open to undergraduate and graduate students, it ties together health concepts that traditionally would be taught in separate health classes or degree programs. It covers the complex health relationships between humans and animals, humans and the environment, and animals and the environment. ...

See full press release: http://www.dce.k-state.edu/about/news/2012/august-9


“Gap assessment of animal health legislation in Sri Lanka for emerging infectious disease preparedness”
Source: World Veterinary Association
Monday, October 15, 2012.

Please see World Veterinary Association link: http://worldvet.org/node/10047

 

“Gap assessment of animal health legislation in Sri Lanka for emerging infectious disease preparedness”

 

Outlook on Agriculture, Volume 41, Number 3, September 2012, pp. 203-208(6)

 

 

 

Provided by One Health supporter/advocate:

 

Dr. Ravi  Dissanayake.
BVSc, MVSc, Attorney-at-Law

Commissioner for Oaths
International Consultant- Disease Information Expert
FAO Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Diseases for South Asia
(Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Ravi.Dissanayake@fao.org


Promote One Health approaches to prevent emergence and spread of zoonotic diseases
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – National Center for Emerging Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) - Includes NCEZID Strategic Plan 2012-2017 (Page 2)
Wednesday, October 10, 2012.

 

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

National Center for Emerging Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)

Office of the Director

NCEZID Plan 2012-2017

 

See Strategic Plan: http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/strategicplan_NCEZID.pdf (Page 2) and also posted on CDC’s website at http://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/

 

 

Promote One Health approaches to prevent emergence and spread of zoonotic diseases

 

http://www.cdc.gov/oid/docs/ID-Framework.pdf  See pages 24, 25

 

The recognition that most new human pathogens emerge from animal reservoirs (40,41) has given rise to a One Health approach to disease prevention that links human, animal, and environmental health. One Health approaches typically aim to prevent or control zoonotic diseases—diseases caused by microbes that infect both humans and animals.

 

24 | CDC ID Framework

The elimination of canine rabies in the United States in 2004 after decades of intensive surveillance, laboratory advancements, and vaccination efforts on the part of human and veterinary science communities is a prime example of successful One Health collaborations, providing a model for improved understanding and control of emerging zoonoses and offering potential for developing countries, where canine rabies continues to cause tens of thousands of deaths each year. One Health policies and actions can facilitate early detection of new diseases that emerge from animal and insect reservoirs and also offer potential means for improving food safety and preventing the emergence of antimicrobial resistance. Examples include policies that support interdisciplinary collaborations and communications on all aspects of healthcare for humans and animals, in accordance with the goals of the One Health Initiative www.onehealthinitiative.com. Other One Health policy goals include - Active participation of agricultural and veterinary partners in integrated analysis of animal health and human health data to identify new threats - Improved linkages between veterinary experts and state and local epidemiologists (e.g., via the Environmental Health Specialist Network - Strategies that reduce the risk of importing infectious diseases into the United States via animals and cargo. In addition to domestic partners in these efforts, CDC also works with USAID, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), and other international partners to promote worldwide One Health planning and cooperation.

 

CONCLUSION

CDC’s ID Framework seeks to mobilize partners and actions to sustain and advance the fundamental infectious disease surveillance, laboratory, and epidemiologic capacities that support our nation’s public health system, recognizing current challenges facing federal, state, and local agencies while realizing vast opportunities for innovative work. Effective and expansive partnerships working to implement proven practices and to identify and evaluate new public health strategies remain our best means of achieving these goals—protecting health and saving lives.

October 2011 | 25

 

40. Jones KE, Patel NG, Levy MA, Storeygard A, Balk D, Gittleman JL, Daszak P. Global trends in emerging infectious diseases. Nature 2008;451:990–993.

41. Taylor LH, Latham SM, Woolhouse ME. Risk factors for human disease emergence. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2001;356:983–989.

 

 

 


Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease and Progression of Disease Over Time among Patients Enrolled in the Houston West Nile Virus Cohort
PLoS ONE 7(7): e40374. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040374
Saturday, October 06, 2012.

One Health in ACTION...

 

PLoS ONE open-access:

 

Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease and Progression of Disease Over Time among Patients Enrolled in the Houston West Nile Virus Cohort

 

Nolan MS, Podoll AS, Hause AM, Akers KM, Finkel KW, et al. (2012) Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease and Progression of Disease Over Time among Patients Enrolled in the Houston West Nile Virus Cohort. PLoS ONE 7(7): e40374. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040374

“In experimental models of West Nile virus (WNV) infection, animals develop chronic kidney infection with histopathological changes in the kidney up to 8-months post-infection. However, the long term pathologic effects of acute infection in humans are largely unknown. The purpose of this study was to assess renal outcomes following WNV infection, specifically the development of chronic kidney disease (CKD). ...

Please read more: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0040374 or see attached PDF.


The One Health solution
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP
Monday, October 01, 2012.

 

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Column...

The One Health solution

"The popular press is finally recognizing the important connections among human, animal, and environmental health. Environmental destruction, global trade and travel, intensive agriculture, and other human activities all lead to the emergence of previously unknown microbes that can infect across species, causing zoonotic disease outbreaks like West Nile virus, avian influenza, hantavirus, HIV/AIDS, and others. No wonder the media is paying attention.

These zoonotic diseases typically emerge from wildlife and occasionally from domestic animals. Most bioterrorism agents, as recognized by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are zoonotic as well. Think: anthrax, plague, tularemia, the viral hemorrhagic fevers, brucellosis, glanders, psittacosis, Q fever. Adequately addressing these emerging infectious diseases and bioterrorism agents requires a new interdisciplinary approach -- a "One Health" approach.

The One Health movement (which I support and participate in) is based on ..."

READ MORE: http://thebulletin.org/web-edition/columnists/laura-h-kahn/the-one-health-solution or see attached PDF.

 

Dr. Kahn is a member of the One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team:

Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP ▪ Bruce Kaplan, DVM ▪ Thomas P. Monath, MD ▪ Jack Woodall, PhD ▪ Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH


University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (USA) One Health graduate programs flyer
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (USA)
Friday, September 28, 2012.

Please see attached PDF...

 

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (USA) One Health graduate programs flyer

 

Provided by:

 

Gregory C. Gray, MD, MPH, FIDSA

Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions

Professor, Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine

Director, Global Pathogens Laboratory

Email: gcgray@phhp.ufl.edu

 

Academic address - USA

College of Public Health and Health Professions

University of Florida

Box 100188

101 S. Newell Dr, Suite 2150A

Gainesville Florida 32610 (zip for overnight 32611)

Tel 352-273-9449/9188

Fax 352-273-6070

http://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/

 

 

 Dr. Greg Gray serves on the One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team’s Honorary Advisory Board http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/advBoard.php.

 Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP ▪ Bruce Kaplan, DVM ▪ Thomas P. Monath, MD ▪ Jack Woodall, PhD ▪ Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH


One Health in ACTION: Beware the fair (and petting zoos)
Bovine Veterinarian Magazine
Wednesday, September 26, 2012.

Bovine Veterinarian Magazine

 

Beware the fair (and petting zoos)

One Health in ACTION... “Veterinarians play an important role in educating petting zoo administrators and staff about infectious disease transmission and risk, to ultimately keep the public safe. Identifying, isolating, and treating sick animals is only one aspect of their role in protecting the public.” ...”

Please read entire article at: http://www.bovinevetonline.com/news/industry/Beware-the-fair-and-petting-zoos-170049516.html

Permission to post on One Health Initiative website by Geni Wren, Editor & Associate Publisher, Bovine Veterinarian Magazine, September 21, 2012

 


Stepping up to one-health challenge
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association NEWS – October 1, 2012
Sunday, September 23, 2012.

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association NEWS – October 1, 2012

 

Stepping up to one-health challenge

 

Twenty-two veterinary colleges took on the challenge to educate students, faculty, and the public about vector-borne diseases this past year. Most events focused on educational programming, but some included charitable components.


This collective effort was a student initiative through the AVMA student chapters and was overseen by the SAVMA One Health Project, a program created and run by the SAVMA House of Delegates and SAVMA Executive Board to stimulate awareness of the global one-health movement. Every two years, this group chooses an initiative and encourages students to organize and participate in events to increase community awareness and collaboration within the health professions. ... “

 

Please read more: https://www.avma.org/News/JAVMANews/Pages/121001j.aspx


North American Veterinary Conference’s *Clinician's Brief Journal (USA) Features One Health Initiative Capsules
Clinician's Brief Journal (USA)
Tuesday, September 18, 2012.

North American Veterinary Conference’s *Clinician's Brief Journal (USA) Features One Health Initiative Capsules

 

September 2012 issue – Please see http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/CB%20Sept%2012%20one%20health%20capsules.pdf or attached PDF

 

*Clinician’s Brief, the official Journal of the North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC), adopted support and advocacy of the One Health concept in its October 2011 issue.  The NAVC http://www.navc.com/ conducts a prominent and outstanding yearly meeting in Orlando, Florida (USA).  It is one of the largest veterinary medical continuing education events in the world.  A focus is maintained “on a single goal—providing high quality, practical information to every member of the veterinary [medical] professional team.” 

 

The One Health Initiative team believes Clinician’s Brief to be the only peer reviewed small animal medicine/surgery journal in the world to have adopted and implemented a significant identifiable One Health oriented section (One Health Initiative Capsules) in their monthly publication issues.

 

Provided exclusively to One Health Initiative website by:

 

Michelle N. Munkres, Managing Editor and Indu Mani, DVM, DSc, Editor

NAVC Clinician’s Brief

http://www.cliniciansbrief.com/

Educational Concepts, LLC

2021 S. Lewis Avenue #760

Tulsa, OK 74104

T: (918) 710-4610

F: (918) 749-1987


Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet)
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Monday, September 17, 2012.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

 

Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet)

 

See: http://www.cdc.gov/foodnet/data/trends/tables-2011.html


Precautions for Tick-Borne Disease Extend "Beyond Lyme"
National Science Foundation
Monday, September 10, 2012.

National Science Foundation

Precautions for Tick-Borne Disease Extend "Beyond Lyme"

 September 7, 2012

This year's mild winter and early spring were a bonanza for tick populations in the eastern United States. Reports of tick-borne disease rose fast.

While Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in the Northeast and Upper Midwest, new research results emphasize that it is not the greatest cause for concern in most Southeastern states.

The findings are published today in a paper in the journal Zoonoses and Public Health.” ...

Please read entire Press release at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=124286&org=NSF&from=news

Permission to post on One Health Initiative website by Cheryl L. Dybas, National Science Foundation, September 10, 2012.


Chicken as Reservoir for Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli in Humans, Canada
Emerging Infectious Disease Journal – U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Volume 18, Number 3—March 2012
Friday, September 07, 2012.

Emerging Infectious Disease Journal – U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Volume 18, Number 3—March 2012

Chicken as Reservoir for Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli in Humans, Canada

Racicot Bergeron C, Prussing C, Boerlin P, Daignault D, Dutil L, Reid-Smith RJ, et al. Chicken as reservoir for extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli in humans, Canada. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet] 2012 Mar [date cited]. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1803.111099

 

Abstract

“We previously described how retail meat, particularly chicken, might be a reservoir for extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) causing urinary tract infections (UTIs) in humans. To rule out retail beef and pork as potential reservoirs, we tested 320 additional E. coli isolates from these meats. Isolates from beef and pork were significantly less likely than those from chicken to be genetically related to isolates from humans with UTIs. We then tested whether the reservoir for ExPEC in humans could be food animals themselves by comparing geographically and temporally matched E. coli isolates from 475 humans with UTIs and from cecal contents of 349 slaughtered animals. We found genetic similarities between E. coli from animals in abattoirs, principally chickens, and ExPEC causing UTIs in humans. ExPEC transmission from food animals could be responsible for human infections, and chickens are the most probable reservoir.”

 

http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/3/11-1099_article.htm


International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases 2012 Poster and Oral Presentation Abstracts
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Monday, September 03, 2012.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases 2012 Poster and Oral Presentation Abstracts

Emerging Infectious Diseases is providing access to these abstracts on behalf of the ICEID 2012 program committee (www.iceid.org ), which performed peer review. Emerging Infectious Diseases has not edited or proofread these materials and is not responsible for inaccuracies or omissions. All information is subject to change. Comments and corrections should be brought to the attention of the authors.

Suggested citation for this article: Authors. Title [abstract]. International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases 2012 poster and oral presentation abstracts. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2012 Mar [date cited].

http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/pdfs/ICEID2012.pdf


Nigeria: ‘‘Ground Zero’’ for the High Prevalence Neglected Tropical Diseases
Hotez PJ, Asojo OA, Adesina AM (2012) Nigeria: ‘‘Ground Zero’’ for the High Prevalence Neglected Tropical Diseases. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 6(7): e1600. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001600 Published July 31, 2012
Wednesday, August 29, 2012.

Open Access: www.plosntds.org

 

Nigeria: ‘‘Ground Zero’’ for the High Prevalence Neglected Tropical Diseases

 

Citation: Hotez PJ, Asojo OA, Adesina AM (2012) Nigeria: ‘‘Ground Zero’’ for the High Prevalence Neglected

Tropical Diseases. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 6(7): e1600. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001600 Published July 31, 2012

 

 


Department of Defense (DoD) Has Running Start on Biosurveillance Strategy
Homeland Security - American Forces Press Service
Friday, August 24, 2012.

Homeland Security

 

Department of Defense (DoD) Has Running Start on Biosurveillance Strategy

By Cheryl Pellerin - American Forces Press Service

 “WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2012 – The White House has issued the first U.S. National Strategy for Biosurveillance to quickly detect a range of global health and security hazards, and the Defense Department has a running start in implementing the new plan, a senior defense official said.

Andrew C. Weber, assistant secretary of defense for nuclear, chemical and biological defense programs, told American Forces Press Service that many of the activities described in the strategy are ongoing at DOD.”

Important reference to One Health comments in Press release text excerpted below:

“What was important about both outbreaks is that they helped give birth to the ‘One Health’ concept,” he said. “Because H5N1 was a poultry disease that jumped species to humans, it got the veterinarian community, the animal health community and the human health community to work together.”

One Health is an international effort by veterinarians, physicians and other health professionals to integrate health care for people, animals, agriculture and the environment.

Please read complete release link:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/news/2012/08/sec-120822-afps01.htm
 

Permission to post on One Health Initiative website graciously granted by:

 

John E. Pike — Director, GlobalSecurity.org


American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) President Issues Strong One Health Endorsement and Challenge
Douglas G. Aspros, DVM, President, AVMA - August 17, 2012
Wednesday, August 22, 2012.

American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) President Issues Strong One Health Endorsement and Challenge – Posted One Health Initiative website Friday, August 17, 2012

American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) President Issues Strong One Health Endorsement and Challenge

 

Provided exclusively to the One Health Initiative website August 17, 2012 by the recently inaugurated AVMA President Dr. Douglas G. Aspros:

 

One Health must be the vision for human, animal and environmental health in the future. We recognize the biologic connections between humans and animals  and must use that knowledge to improve the health and welfare of all. The days of working in our separate silos are over.

 

 

Douglas G. Aspros, DVM

President

American Veterinary Medical Association


Does Pet Arrival Trigger Prosocial Behaviors in Individuals with Autism?
PLoS ONE 7(8): e41739. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041739
Saturday, August 18, 2012.

Does Pet Arrival Trigger Prosocial Behaviors in Individuals with Autism?

 

Grandgeorge M, Tordjman S, Lazartigues A, Lemonnier E, Deleau M, et al. (2012) Does Pet Arrival Trigger Prosocial Behaviors in Individuals with Autism? PLoS ONE 7(8): e41739. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041739

http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0041739


North American Veterinary Conference’s *Clinician's Brief Journal (USA) Features One Health Initiative Capsules
NAVC Clinician’s Brief / August 2012 / Capsules
Wednesday, August 15, 2012.

NAVC Clinician’s Brief / August 2012 / Capsules

 

 

North American Veterinary Conference’s *Clinician's Brief Journal (USA) Features One Health Initiative Capsules

 

August 2012 issue – Please see http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/CB%20Aug%20one%20health%20capsules%201.pdf or attached PDF

 

*Clinician’s Brief, the official Journal of the North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC), adopted support and advocacy of the One Health concept in its October 2011 issue.  The NAVC http://www.navc.com/ conducts a prominent and outstanding yearly meeting in Orlando, Florida (USA).  It is one of the largest veterinary medical continuing education events in the world.  A focus is maintained “on a single goal—providing high quality, practical information to every member of the veterinary [medical] professional team.” 

 

The One Health Initiative team believes Clinician’s Brief to be the only peer reviewed small animal medicine/surgery journal in the world to have adopted and implemented a significant identifiable One Health oriented section (One Health Initiative Capsules) in their monthly publication issues.

 

Provided exclusively to One Health Initiative website by:

 

Michelle N. Munkres, Managing Editor and Indu Mani, DVM, DSc, Editor

NAVC Clinician’s Brief

http://www.cliniciansbrief.com/

Educational Concepts, LLC

2021 S. Lewis Avenue #760

Tulsa, OK 74104

T: (918) 710-4610

F: (918) 749-1987


A Randomized Controlled Trial of Interventions to Impede Date Palm Sap Contamination by Bats to Prevent Nipah Virus Transmission in Bangladesh
PLoS ONE 7(8): e42689. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042689 - Open Access
Saturday, August 11, 2012.

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Interventions to Impede Date Palm Sap Contamination by Bats to Prevent Nipah Virus Transmission in Bangladesh

 

“Conclusion: Bamboo, dhoincha, jute stick and polythene skirts covering the sap producing areas of a tree effectively prevented bat-sap contact. Community interventions should promote applying these skirts to prevent occasional Nipah spillovers to human.”

 

Citation: Khan SU, Gurley ES, Hossain MJ, Nahar N, Sharker MAY, et al. (2012) A Randomized Controlled Trial of Interventions to Impede Date Palm Sap Contamination by Bats to Prevent Nipah Virus Transmission in Bangladesh. PLoS ONE 7(8): e42689. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042689

 


Catalog of One Health Activities and Programs - Updated July 2012
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (USA)
Wednesday, August 08, 2012.

Catalog of One Health Activities and Programs

 

Updated July 2012

 

Provided by:

 

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

1354 Eckles Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55198

Phone (612) 625-5900  Fax (612) 624-4906

www.foodsystemsleadership.org

 

Please see PDF attachment to read all information.


Tennessee Public Health Association (USA) Annual Educational Conference -
Tennessee Public Health Association
Sunday, August 05, 2012.

Annual Conference 2012 

Tennessee Public Health Association (USA) Annual Educational Conference

 THEME:         “one health, one environment, one world”

 WHEN:           September 11-14, 2012

 WHERE:         Cool Springs Marriott Hotel and Convention Center - Franklin, Tennessee

More information see: http://www.tnpublichealth.org/index.php?id=32 AND ATTACHMENT (for speakers/topics).


Important One Health articles in Infection, Ecology and Epidemiology Journal
Infection, Ecology and Epidemiology Journal (IEE) - Sweden
Thursday, August 02, 2012.

Please see important One Health articles in Infection, Ecology and Epidemiology Journal (IEE) - Sweden:

 

http://www.infectionecologyandepidemiology.net/index.php/iee/issue/current

 

http://www.infectionecologyandepidemiology.net/index.php/iee/article/view/18667/pdf_1

“Discussion: Multi-sectorial efforts and targeted public private partnerships would spur needed R&D for
effective and accessible EReNTD treatments, improvement of social determinants of health, crucial lowincome
country development, and health system strengthening efforts. Utilization of One Health principles is
essential for enhancing knowledge to efficaciously address public health aspects of these EReNTDs globally.

 


Canine and feline parasitic zoonoses in China
Parasites & Vectors 2012, 5:152 doi:10.1186/1756-3305-5-152 Published: 28 July 2012
Tuesday, July 31, 2012.

Canine and feline parasitic zoonoses in China

Jia Chen, Min-Jun Xu, Dong-Hui Zhou, Hui-Qun Song, Chun-Ren Wang and Xing-Quan Zhu

Parasites & Vectors 2012, 5:152 doi:10.1186/1756-3305-5-152 Published: 28 July 2012

Abstract (provisional)

Canine and feline parasitic zoonoses have not been given high priority in China, although the role of companion animals as reservoirs for zoonotic parasitic diseases has been recognized worldwide. With an increasing number of dogs and cats under unregulated conditions in China, the canine and feline parasitic zoonoses are showing a trend towards being gradually uncontrolled. Currently, canine and feline parasitic zoonoses threaten human health, and cause death and serious diseases in China. This article comprehensively reviews the current status of major canine and feline parasitic zoonoses in mainland China, discusses the risks dogs and cats pose with regard to zoonotic transmission of canine and feline parasites, and proposes control strategies and measures.

http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/pdf/1756-3305-5-152.pdf

http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/5/1/152/abstract

 


Call to Arms...One Health more than a name...it represents efficacious, economical approach to protecting and saving lives!
One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team
Saturday, July 28, 2012.

Call to Arms...

 

One Health more than a name...it represents efficacious, economical approach to protecting and saving lives!

 

One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team: Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP ▪ Bruce Kaplan, DVM ▪ Thomas P. Monath, MD ▪ Jack Woodall, PhD ▪ Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH

 

The tip of the iceberg of truth and proof in favor of One Health implementation has been documented in the One Health Initiative website and from many other sources during the first decade of the 21st century and much of the previous 20th century.  Some illustrations provide a strong case for a call to arms:

 

Please see attachment


One Border One Health Seminar & Meeting - Today, Friday July 27, 2012
One Border One Health
Friday, July 27, 2012.

One Border One Health Seminar & Meeting

 

Today: Friday, July 27, 2012

 

Handlery Hotel - 950 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, CA 92108


Veterinarians and Physicians: Allies in Family Health = One Health in ACTION
Clinician’s Brief – July Issue
Sunday, July 22, 2012.

Clinician’s Brief – July Issue

 

One Health in ACTION

Veterinarians and Physicians: Allies in Family Health

By Tonya Sparks, DVM, MMicrobiol

July 17, 2012

 

http://www.cliniciansbrief.com/column/taxonomy/term/91/veterinarians-and-physicians-allies-family-health


St. Louis Zoo – Institute of Conservation Medicine, An Important One Health Approach
St. Louis Zoo - Institute of Conservation Medicine
Thursday, July 19, 2012.

St. Louis Zoo (USA) – Institute of Conservation Medicine, An Important One Health Approach

 

Please see http://www.stlzoo.org/conservationmedicine

 

Provided by:

 

Sharon L. Deem, DVM, PhD, Dipl ACZM

Director, Institute for Conservation Medicine

One Government Drive

Saint Louis Zoo

Saint Louis, Missouri  63110

tele (314) 646 4708

fax (314) 646 5539

email deem@stlzoo.org  


Intestinal parasitic infections in schoolchildren in different settings of Cote d'Ivoire: effect of diagnostic approach and implications for control
Parasites & Vectors 2012, 5:135 (6 July 2012)
Tuesday, July 17, 2012.

Intestinal parasitic infections in schoolchildren in different settings of Cote d'Ivoire: effect of diagnostic approach and implications for control


Coulibaly JT, Fürst T, Silué KD, Knopp S, Hauri D, Ouattara M, Utzinger J, N'Goran EK
Parasites & Vectors 2012, 5:135 (6 July 2012)

 

Please read complete article http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/pdf/1756-3305-5-135.pdf

Background

“Social-ecological systems govern parasitic infections in humans. Within the frame of assessing the accuracy of a rapid diagnostic test for Schistosoma mansoni in Cote d'Ivoire, three different endemicity settings had to be identified and schoolchildren's intestinal parasitic infection profiles were characterized.”
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]


One Health oriented book review, “Zoobiquitous Medicine”, from Clinician’s Brief July 2012 issue
Indu Mani, DVM, DSc, Editor
Saturday, July 14, 2012.

See One Health oriented book review, “Zoobiquitous Medicine”, from Clinician’s Brief July 2012 issue

 

Provided exclusively to One Health Initiative website by:

 

Michelle N. Munkres, Managing Editor and Indu Mani, DVM, DSc, Editor

NAVC Clinician’s Brief

http://www.cliniciansbrief.com/

Educational Concepts, LLC

2021 S. Lewis Avenue #760

Tulsa, OK 74104

T: (918) 710-4610

F: (918) 749-1987


Zoonotic Viruses Associated with Illegally Imported Wildlife Products
PLoS ONE 7(1): e29505. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029505
Wednesday, July 11, 2012.

Zoonotic Viruses Associated with Illegally Imported Wildlife Products

Smith KM, Anthony SJ, Switzer WM, Epstein JH, Seimon T, et al. (2012) Zoonotic Viruses Associated with Illegally Imported Wildlife Products. PLoS ONE 7(1): e29505. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029505

Abstract 

“The global trade in wildlife has historically contributed to the emergence and spread of infectious diseases. The United States is the world's largest importer of wildlife and wildlife products, yet minimal pathogen surveillance has precluded assessment of the health risks posed by this practice. This report details the findings of a pilot project to establish surveillance methodology for zoonotic agents in confiscated wildlife products. Initial findings from samples collected at several international airports identified parts originating from nonhuman primate (NHP) and rodent species, including baboon, chimpanzee, mangabey, guenon, green monkey, cane rat and rat. Pathogen screening identified retroviruses (simian foamy virus) and/or herpesviruses (cytomegalovirus and lymphocryptovirus) in the NHP samples. These results are the first demonstration that illegal bushmeat importation into the United States could act as a conduit for pathogen spread, and suggest that implementation of disease surveillance of the wildlife trade will help facilitate prevention of disease emergence.”

Please read complete article: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0029505 or click on attachment.


Study maps zoonotic disease burden, hot spots
CIDRAP News release, Thursday July 5, 2012
Monday, July 09, 2012.

Study maps zoonotic disease burden, hot spots

 

CIDRAP News, Thursday July 5, 2012

 

“A review and mapping study to gauge the burden of zoonotic diseases found that Ethiopia, Nigeria, Tanzania, and India are four top hot spots and that a surging demand for livestock products will likely fuel the spread of several diseases.” …

 

…“ The analysis also revealed gaps in disease reporting in developing countries, despite increased support that materialized in response to influenza concerns. It suggested that though the literature is useful for understanding diseases and their impact, more and better information can be obtained from field surveys and that technology advances such as biological repositories could help improve disease epidemiology and control. …”

 

 

See complete report: http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/biosecurity/ag-biosec/news/jul0512zoonotic-br.html or click on attachment.


Project Wildlife Joins Binational Group Monitoring Regional Health = One Health
Project Wildlife - May/June 2012 - E-news
Friday, July 06, 2012.

Project Wildlife Joins Binational Group Monitoring Regional Health = One Health

 

May/June 2012

E-news Contents

 

Please see attached PDF or click on http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/Project%20Wildlife.org.pdf

 

Permission to post graciously granted by:

 

Sarah Whorley
Communications Manager
swhorley@projectwildlife.org

O: 858-866-0555, ext. 206

C: 619-417-1808
www.projectwildlife.org 

http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=doesugdab&v=001dSc8ZL6S2HEyIuq5jfGe4KCKRB6JM5CeuRgTvs2E5YmOdSYWPdTenQzmblxhhbB0JjDJqZaCd2elGsTTVAjAMzp07uGNyRCTZ9a7X5Q6g6oQoHcOmr8HLQAOH37LGl5YnGUqkkq7n0wlbj9zuBGVkw%3D%3D 

 

 


The Direct Relationship between Animal Health and Food Safety Outcomes
CAST The Science Source for Food, Agricultural and Environmental Issues
Monday, July 02, 2012.

The Direct Relationship between Animal Health and Food Safety Outcomes

 

“The health of the animals within the food animal production system impacts many aspects of the system far removed from the animals themselves. To promote high productivity in animal agriculture, researchers need to examine nutrition, management systems, and animal care practices including the use of antibiotics and vaccines. This Commentary looks at the pressures to change livestock rearing methods, evidence to support the direct public health impact on human illness days, and good safety and inspection service regulations.  The authors use indirect evidence, diagrams, and graphs to deliver their findings about the ways that healthy animals result in safer food.  Chair: Dr. H. Scott Hurd, Iowa State University, Ames. QTA2012-1, 12pp., May 2012. AVAILABLE ONLINE ONLY”

 

“...Food Safety is One Health on your dinner plate.”  [Comment from Dr. Hurd to One Health Initiative website June 26, 2012]

 

H. Scott Hurd DVM, PhD

Associate Professor

Former Deputy Undersecretary Food Safety

VMRI Building 4, 1802 University Drive

College of Veterinary Medicine

Iowa State University

Ames, IA 50011

shurd@iastate.edu

515-294-7905, fax 1072

515-231-3720, cell

http://scotthurd.blogspot.com/

http://www.linkedin.com/in/scotthurd

 

Direct link to the paper for a free download:  http://www.cast-science.org/publications/?the_direct_relationship_between_animal_health_and_food_safety_outcomes&show=product&productID=155971

 

Graciously provided to the One Health Initiative website June 27, 2012 by:

 

Melissa Sly

Membership and Marketing Director

Council for Agricultural Science and Technology

4420 West Lincoln Way, Ames, IA  50014

Phone: (515) 292-2125 ext 232      Fax: (515) 292-4512

EMail: msly@cast-science.org      Website: http://www.cast-science.org

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Dr. Thomas P. Monath Biography July 2012
Thomas P. Monath, MD
Sunday, July 01, 2012.

Dr. Lisa A. Conti's Biography January 26, 2012
Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH
Sunday, July 01, 2012.

Dr. Lisa A. Conti's OHI Initiative BiographyJanuary 26, 2012


Dr. Laura H. Kahn's Biography Jan2012
Dr. Laura H. Kahn's Biography Jan2012
Sunday, July 01, 2012.

Dr. Laura H. Kahn's Biography Jan2012


Dr. Bruce Kaplan's Biography August 2012
Dr. Bruce Kaplan's Biography August 2012
Sunday, July 01, 2012.

Dr. Bruce Kaplan's Biography August 2012


Dr. Jack Woodall's Biography July 2012
Dr. Jack Woodall's Biography Jan2012
Sunday, July 01, 2012.

Dr. Jack Woodall's Biography July 2012


Oseltamivir (Tamiflu†) in the environment, resistance development in influenza A viruses of dabbling ducks and the risk of transmission of an oseltamivir-resistant virus to humans _a review
Infection Ecology and Epidemiology 2012, 2: 18385 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/iee.v2i0.18385
Thursday, June 28, 2012.

Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) in the environment, resistance development in influenza A viruses of dabbling ducks and the risk of transmission of an oseltamivir-resistant virus to humans _a review

 

Josef D. Jarhult, MD, PhD

 

“The antiviral drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu) is a cornerstone in influenza pandemic preparedness plans

worldwide. However, resistance to the drug is a growing concern. The active metabolite oseltamivir

carboxylate (OC) is not degraded in surface water or sewage treatment plants and has been detected in river

water during seasonal influenza outbreaks. The natural influenza reservoir, dabbling ducks, can thus be

exposed to OC in aquatic environments. Environmental-like levels of OC induce resistance development in

influenza A/H1N1 virus in mallards. There is a risk of resistance accumulation in influenza viruses circulating

among wild birds when oseltamivir is used extensively. By reassortment or direct transmission, oseltamivir

resistance can be transmitted to humans potentially causing a resistant pandemic or human-adapted highlypathogenic

avian influenza virus. There is a need for more research on resistance development in the natural

influenza reservoir and for a prudent use of antivirals.”

 

Infection Ecology and Epidemiology 2012. # 2012 Josef D. Jarhult. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-

Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any

medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Citation: Infection Ecology and Epidemiology 2012, 2: 18385 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/iee.v2i0.18385

 

Note: The One Health Initiative autonomous pro bono team considers Infection Ecology and Epidemiology (IEE) http://www.infectionecologyandepidemiology.net/index.php/iee to be an important One Health oriented journal.

 

http://www.infectionecologyandepidemiology.net/index.php/iee/article/view/18385/pdf_1


Natural disasters and communicable diseases in the Americas: contribution of veterinary public health
Veterinaria Italiana, 2012 Vol. 48(2) 119-218.
Monday, June 25, 2012.

Natural disasters and communicable diseases in the Americas: contribution of veterinary public health

 

Veterinaria Italiana, 2012 Vol. 48(2) 119-218.

 

http://www.izs.it/vet_italiana/2012/48_2/193.pdf


Complexity of the International Agro-Food Trade Network and Its Impact on Food Safety
Mária Ercsey-Ravasz, Zoltán Toroczkai, Zoltán Lakner, József Baranyi. (2012) PLoS ONE, 7 (5): e37810 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037810
Thursday, June 21, 2012.

PLoS ONE, 31 May 2012

 

Complexity of the International Agro-Food Trade Network and Its Impact on Food Safety

 

Reference: Mária Ercsey-Ravasz, Zoltán Toroczkai, Zoltán Lakner, József Baranyi. (2012) PLoS ONE, 7 (5): e37810 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037810

 

Abstract:

With the world’s population now in excess of 7 billion, it is vital to ensure the chemical and microbiological safety of our food, while maintaining the sustainability of its production, distribution and trade. Using UN databases, here we show that the international agro-food trade network (IFTN), with nodes and edges representing countries and import-export fluxes, respectively, has evolved into a highly heterogeneous, complex supply-chain network. Seven countries form the core of the IFTN, with high values of betweenness centrality and each trading with over 77% of all the countries in the world. Graph theoretical analysis and a dynamic food flux model show that the IFTN provides a vehicle suitable for the fast distribution of potential contaminants but unsuitable for tracing their origin. In particular, we show that high values of node betweenness and vulnerability correlate well with recorded large food poisoning outbreaks.

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0037810


Factors influencing diagnostic sample submission by food animal veterinarians in Mississippi (USA)
Veterinaria Italiana, 2012, 48(1), 31-39
Monday, June 18, 2012.

Factors influencing diagnostic sample submission by food animal veterinarians in Mississippi (USA)

 

Veterinaria Italiana, 2012, 48(1), 31-39

 

http://www.izs.it/vet_italiana/2012/48_1/31.pdf


A conversation between veterinarians and physicians - Saturday, September 29, 2012
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences, and the Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
Tuesday, June 12, 2012.

Another example of One Health in ACTION...

UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine,

Western University of Health Sciences, and the Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens

 

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Tamkin Auditorium and

Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens, Los Angeles, California

 

Present:

 

A conversation between veterinarians and physicians

caring for the same diseases in different species

 

A Species-Spanning Approach to Medicine

 

Please see attachment

 

Graciously provided by:

 

Michael D. Lairmore DVM, PhD

Dean

School of Veterinary Medicine

University of California – Davis

One Shields Avenue

Davis, CA 95616

 

 

 


Study Affirms the Changing Role of Veterinary Medicine, Need for the Profession to Evolve
American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) - May 30, 2012
Saturday, June 09, 2012.

One Health...

Study Affirms the Changing Role of Veterinary Medicine, Need for the Profession to Evolve

American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) - May 30, 2012

 

“...The report, which contains five main conclusions and 10 recommendations, took into account not only the medical role of veterinarians but also the profession’s responsibility to protect and improve the health of animals, people, and the ecosystem.  The term “One Health” is often used to refer to an approach that incorporates all three perspectives. Recommendations in the report included the development of a “One Health” think tank, greater use of technology and resource sharing, more flexible educational models, and more partnerships between academe and industry. ...”

 

Please read more http://www.aavmc.org/PressRelease/?id=116

 


West Nile Virus Infection of Birds, Mexico
Emerging Infectious Diseases – U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Volume 17, Number 12—December 2011 Research
Wednesday, June 06, 2012.

Emerging Infectious Diseases – U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Volume 17, Number 12—December 2011 Research

West Nile Virus Infection of Birds, Mexico

 

Guerrero-Sánchez S, Cuevas-Romero S, Nemeth NM, Jesus Trujillo-Olivera MT, Worwa G, Dupuis A, et al. West Nile virus infection of birds, Mexico. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2011 Dec [date cited]. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1712.110294

Abstract

West Nile virus (WNV) has caused disease in humans, equids, and birds at lower frequency in Mexico than in the United States. We hypothesized that the seemingly reduced virulence in Mexico was caused by attenuation of the Tabasco strain from southeastern Mexico, resulting in lower viremia than that caused by the Tecate strain from the more northern location of Baja California. During 2006–2008, we tested this hypothesis in candidate avian amplifying hosts: domestic chickens, rock pigeons, house sparrows, great-tailed grackles, and clay-colored thrushes. Only great-tailed grackles and house sparrows were competent amplifying hosts for both strains, and deaths occurred in each species. Tecate strain viremia levels were higher for thrushes. Both strains produced low-level viremia in pigeons and chickens. Our results suggest that certain avian hosts within Mexico are competent for efficient amplification of both northern and southern WNV strains and that both strains likely contribute to bird deaths.

 

 

Read more: http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/12/11-0294_article.htm?source=govdelivery


Likelihood of Henipavirus Entering the United Kingdom
PLoS ONE | www.plosone.org 1 February 2012 | Volume 7 | Issue 2 | e27918
Friday, May 25, 2012.

PLoS ONE | www.plosone.org 1 February 2012 | Volume 7 | Issue 2 | e27918

 

Likelihood of Henipavirus Entering the United Kingdom

 

Emma L. Snary1*, Vick Ramnial1, Andrew C. Breed1, Ben Stephenson1, Hume E. Field2, Anthony R., Fooks3,4

 

1 Centre for Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom, 2 Queensland Centre for Emerging

Infectious Diseases, Biosecurity Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 3 Wildlife Zoonoses and Vector-borne Diseases Research Group, Department of Virology, Animal Health

and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom, 4 National Consortium for Zoonosis Research, University of Liverpool, Leahurst, Chester High

Road, Neston, United Kingdom

 

Abstract

The genus Henipavirus includes Hendra virus (HeV) and Nipah virus (NiV), for which fruit bats (particularly those of the

genus Pteropus) are considered to be the wildlife reservoir. The recognition of henipaviruses occurring across a wider

geographic and host range suggests the possibility of the virus entering the United Kingdom (UK). To estimate the

likelihood of henipaviruses entering the UK, a qualitative release assessment was undertaken. To facilitate the release

assessment, the world was divided into four zones according to location of outbreaks of henipaviruses, isolation of

henipaviruses, proximity to other countries where incidents of henipaviruses have occurred and the distribution of Pteropus

spp. fruit bats. From this release assessment, the key findings are that the importation of fruit from Zone 1 and 2 and bat

bushmeat from Zone 1 each have a Low annual probability of release of henipaviruses into the UK. Similarly, the importation

of bat meat from Zone 2, horses and companion animals from Zone 1 and people travelling from Zone 1 and entering the

UK was estimated to pose a Very Low probability of release. The annual probability of release for all other release routes was

assessed to be Negligible. It is recommended that the release assessment be periodically re-assessed to reflect changes in

knowledge and circumstances over time.


One Health Newsletter Spring Issue Published May 21, 2012
One Health Newsletter - Florida (USA)
Monday, May 21, 2012.

One Health Newsletter Spring Issue Published May 21, 2012

 

http://www.doh.state.fl.us/environment/medicine/One_Health/OneHealth.html

 

Please see attachment or click on http://www.doh.state.fl.us/environment/medicine/One_Health/SpringOHNL2012.pdf


One Health and EcoHealth in Ontario: A qualitative study exploring how holistic and integrative approaches are shaping public health practice in Ontario
BMC Public Health 2012, 12:358 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-358; Published: 16 May 2012 [Open Access]
Sunday, May 20, 2012.

One Health and EcoHealth in Ontario: A qualitative study exploring how holistic and integrative approaches are shaping public health practice in Ontario

Zee Leung, Dean Middleton and Karen Morrison

BMC Public Health 2012, 12:358 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-358; Published: 16 May 2012 [Open Access]

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/12/358/abstract

http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2458-12-358.pdf


Zoonoses and Poverty – a long road to the alleviation of suffering
Aristarchos Seimenis, DVM - Veterinaria Italiana - 2012 - Volume 48 (1), January-March
Thursday, May 17, 2012.

Veterinaria Italiana - 2012 - Volume 48 (1), January-March

 

Zoonoses and Poverty – a long road to the alleviation of suffering

 

Aristarchos Seimenis, DVM

 

http://www.izs.it/vet_italiana/2012/48_1/5.htm

 

Please see full article http://www.izs.it/vet_italiana/2012/48_1/5.pdf


Investigation of Multistate Outbreak of Human Salmonella Infantis Infections Linked to Dry Dog Food (USA)
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Monday, May 14, 2012.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Notice

Investigation of Multistate Outbreak of Human Salmonella Infantis Infections Linked to Dry Dog Food

May 11, 2012

More information: See http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/CORENetwork/ucm302904.htm


Challenges in Antibiotic Product Development in a Rapidly Changing Global Landscape
Scott A. Brown, DVM, PhD, DACVCP
Thursday, May 10, 2012.

Challenges in Antibiotic Product Development in a Rapidly Changing Global Landscape

 

Scott A. Brown, DVM, PhD, DACVCP

Senior Director, Metabolism & Safety

Pfizer Animal Health

 

 

Please see: http://www.animalagriculture.org/Solutions/Proceedings/Symposia/2011%20Antibiotics/Brown,%20Scott.pdf


Zoonoses and marginalised infectious diseases of poverty: Where do we stand?
Parasites & Vectors 2011, 4:106 (14 June 2011)
Monday, May 07, 2012.

   
Zoonoses and marginalised infectious diseases of poverty: Where do we stand?

 

Molyneux DM, Hallaj Z, Keusch GT, McManus DP, Ngowi H, Cleaveland S, Ramos-Jimenez P, Gotuzzo E, Kar K, Sanchez A, Garba A, Carabin H, Bassili A, Chaignat CL, Meslin F, Abushama HM, Willingham AL, Kioy D


Parasites & Vectors 2011, 4:106 (14 June 2011)

 

http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/pdf/1756-3305-4-106.pdf


Teaching Human Parasitology in China
Parasites & Vectors 2012, 5:77 doi:10.1186/1756-3305-5-77
Thursday, May 03, 2012.

Teaching Human Parasitology in China

 

Parasites & Vectors 2012, 5:77 doi:10.1186/1756-3305-5-77

 

Abstract

 

China has approximately one-fifth of the world’s population. Despite the recent success in

controlling major parasitic diseases, parasitic diseases remain a significant human health

problem in China. Hence, the discipline of human parasitology is considered as a core subject

for undergraduate and postgraduate students of the medical sciences. We consider the

teaching of human parasitology to be fundamental to the training of medical students, to the

continued research on parasitic diseases, and to the prevention and control of human parasitic

diseases. Here, we have summarized the distribution of educational institutions in China,

particularly those that teach parasitology. In addition, we have described some existing

parasitology courses in detail as well as the teaching methods used for different types of

medical students. Finally, we have discussed the current problems in and reforms to human

parasitology education. Our study indicates that 304 regular higher education institutions in

China offer medical or related education. More than 70 universities have an independent

department of parasitology that offers approximately 10 different parasitology courses. In

addition, six universities in China have established excellence-building courses in human

parasitology.

 

Please see http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/pdf/1756-3305-5-77.pdf

May 4, 2012: Please note, we have been advised today by Dr. Shenyi He of the inadvertent omission in this paper of one of the co-authors, Dr. Yang Bi.


2nd International One Health Congress - Call for Abstracts Extended to May 10, 2012
2nd International One Health Congress
Thursday, April 26, 2012.

2nd International One Health Congress

 

 

 

Call for Abstracts Extended Until May 10, 2012

 

The One Health Initiative team/website was notified by prominently recognized One Health leader and program director of the 1st International One Health Congress, veterinarian Martyn Jeggo, BVetMed, PhD:

 

Professor Martyn Jeggo

Director

Australian Animal Health Laboratory

PO Box 100, Geelong, Victoria

Australia

Mobile 0061409166752

 


Practicing “One Health” for the Human Health Clinician
One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team
Wednesday, April 25, 2012.

 

 

Practicing “One Health” for the Human Health Clinician

 

 

(Physicians, Osteopaths, Physician Associates, Nurse Practitioners, Other Human Health Care Providers)

 

Please see: http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/Practicing%20One%20Health%20Human%20Health%20Care%20Providers%20April%202012.pdf

 

Prepared April 2012 by:

 

One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team:

www.onehealthinitiative.com 

Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP ▪ Bruce Kaplan, DVM ▪

Thomas P. Monath, MD ▪ Jack Woodall, PhD ▪

 Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH

 with assistance from Peter M. Rabinowitz, MD, MPH

 

 


Plastic-wrapped planet
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists column - Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP - April 20, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012.

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Plastic-wrapped planet

 

By Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP | 20 April 2012

“We can thank billiard balls for our modern-day, plastic-filled lives. For most of human history, everyday items such as combs were made from expensive animal parts, like tortoise shells. Then, in the 1860s, billiards became a popular pastime. Unfortunately, elephants had to be killed so that their ivory tusks could be made into billiard balls, and soon elephants were rapidly being hunted to extinction. One enterprising New York billiards supplier even offered $10,000 in gold to anyone who could come up with a good substitute for ivory. After years of toil, John Wesley Hyatt, a journeyman printer from upstate New York, developed a whitish material that he called "celluloid." Alas, while the material worked well for combs, it was too volatile for billiard balls. Nevertheless, plastic was born. And animals from elephants to tortoises were given a reprieve -- for a time. ...”

 

 

Please read entire column http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/columnists/laura-h-kahn/plastic-wrapped-planet


North American Veterinary Conference’ *Clinician's Brief Journal (USA) One Health Initiative Capsules
Clinician's Brief - April 2012 Issue
Wednesday, April 18, 2012.

 

 

North American Veterinary Conference’ *Clinician's Brief Journal (USA) One Health Initiative Capsules

 

 April 2012 issue – Please see attachment or http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/CB%20One%20Health%20Capsules%20April%202012.pdf

 

*Clinician’s Brief, the official Journal of the North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC), adopted support and advocacy of the One Health concept in its October 2011 issue.  The NAVC http://www.navc.com/ conducts a prominent and outstanding yearly meeting in Orlando, Florida (USA).  It is one of the largest veterinary medical continuing education events in the world.  A focus is maintained “on a single goal—providing high quality, practical information to every member of the veterinary [medical] professional team.” 

 

The One Health Initiative team believes Clinician’s Brief to be the only peer reviewed small animal medicine/surgery journal in the world to have adopted and implemented a significant identifiable One Health oriented section (One Health Initiative Capsules) in their monthly publication issues.

 

 

Graciously provided by:

 

Michelle N. Munkres

Managing Editor,

NAVC Clinician’s Brief

http://www.cliniciansbrief.com/

Educational Concepts, LLC

2021 S. Lewis Avenue #760

Tulsa, OK 74104

T: (918) 710-4610

F: (918) 749-1987

 

One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team:

Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP ▪ Bruce Kaplan, DVM ▪

Thomas P. Monath, MD ▪ Jack Woodall, PhD ▪ Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH


Detection of Hepatitis B Virus in Serum and Liver of Chickens
Virology Journal 2012, 9:2 doi:10.1186/1743-422X-9-2 Open Access
Monday, April 16, 2012.

Detection of Hepatitis B Virus in Serum and Liver of Chickens

Virology Journal 2012, 9:2 doi:10.1186/1743-422X-9-2 Open Access

 

Article URL http://www.virologyj.com/content/9/1/2

 

Jijing Tian1, Kangkang Xia1,2, Ruiping She1*, Wengui Li3,1, Ye Ding1, Jiande Wang2, Mingyong Chen1* and Jun Yin1

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Veterinary Pathology, Key Laboratory of Zoonosis of Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China

2 Beijing Huadu Broiler Corporation, Beijing 102211, China

3 College of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China

Please see attached PDF.


ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL COLLEGES (AAVMC) NAMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL COLLEGES (AAVMC)
Tuesday, April 10, 2012.

 ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL COLLEGES (AAVMC) NAMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

 

“Washington, D.C. – The Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAMMC) has named Dr. Andrew Maccabe as its new executive director, effective May 15, 2012. Dr. Maccabe is currently employed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Infectious Diseases. He serves as CDC’s liaison to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, where he coordinates policy and programs between the two agencies. Prior to his appointment with the CDC, Dr. Maccabe served as Associate Executive Director at AAVMC where he led national programs in veterinary medical education. ... :

 

Please see full press release by clicking on attachment.

 

Provided by:

 

John Roane

Chief Operating Officer AAVMC

Phone: 202/371-9195, x122

Email: jroane@aavmc.org


Canine Serology as Adjunct to Human Lyme Disease Surveillance
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Emerging Infectious Disease Journal – September 2011 - Volume 17, Number 9
Monday, April 09, 2012.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Emerging Infectious Disease Journal – September 2011

Volume 17, Number 9

Canine Serology as Adjunct to Human Lyme Disease Surveillance

Mead P, Goel R, Kugeler K. Canine serology as adjunct to human Lyme disease surveillance. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2011 Sep [date cited]. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/1709.110210

Abstract

To better define areas of human Lyme disease risk, we compared US surveillance data with published data on the seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi antibodies among domestic dogs. Canine seroprevalence >5% was a sensitive but nonspecific marker of human risk, whereas seroprevalence <1% was associated with minimal risk for human infection.

 

http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/9/11-0210_article.htm

 


Notice on Vacancies on the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (USA) - April 2, 2012
United States Department of Agriculture- Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS), Office of Public Health Science
Wednesday, April 04, 2012.

April 2, 2012

 

 Subject:   Notice on Vacancies on the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (USA)

       

We are working to recruit new members for the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF).  The Committee provides scientific advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services concerning the development of microbiological criteria by which the safety and wholesomeness of food can be assessed. 

 

We are seeking members with scientific expertise in the fields of microbiology (food, clinical, and predictive), food technology, toxicology, epidemiology, risk assessment, infectious disease, biostatistics, and other related sciences. Please see the attached Federal Register Notice for additional details on this Committee and how to apply.

 

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Frame/FrameRedirect.asp?main=http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/rdad/FRPubs/2012-0010.htm

  

Please share this notice with others who may have an interest.    If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.

  

Thank you,

  

Karen Y. Thomas

Advisory Committee Specialist

USDA,FSIS,OPHS,MD,NACMCF

Stop 3777, PP3, 9-210B

1400 Independence Avenue, SW

Washington, DC  20250

Office:  202-690-6620

Fax:    202-690-6364

Email:  karen.thomas-sharp@fsis.usda.gov

 

Gerri M. Ransom, MS

Director, Executive Secretariat
USDA-FSIS, Office of Public Health Science

National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods

 

Stop 3777, PP3, 9-210B

1400 Independence Avenue, SW

Washington, DC  20250

Office: 202-690-6600

Fax:    202-690-6364

E-mail: gerri.ransom@fsis.usda.gov


One Health Newsletter Winter Issue Published
Florida Department of Health (USA)
Wednesday, March 28, 2012.

One Health Newsletter Winter Issue Published

 

See attachment and http://www.doh.state.fl.us/environment/medicine/One_Health/OneHealth.html

 

Winter 2012-Volume 5 Issue 1 (PDF 3.2 MB)


Parasites & Vectors Journal (Open Access) 2012, 5:55 doi:10.1186/1756-3305-5-55 Published: 20 March 2012
Vector-Borne Diseases - constant challenge for practicing veterinarians: recommendations from the CVBD [canine vector-borne diseases] World Forum
Monday, March 26, 2012.

Vector-Borne Diseases - constant challenge for practicing veterinarians: recommendations from the CVBD [canine vector-borne diseases] World Forum

Parasites & Vectors Journal (Open Access) 2012, 5:55 doi:10.1186/1756-3305-5-55 Published: 20 March 2012 – Letter to the Editor

“… Many of these diseases can cause serious, even life-threatening clinical conditions in dogs, with a number having zoonotic potential, affecting the human population. …”

 

Please read entire letter at http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/pdf/1756-3305-5-55.pdf


Questions & Answers: Novel Influenza A Virus
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Friday, March 23, 2012.

Pennsylvania Department of Health -  Questions & Answers: Novel Influenza A Virus

 

Please see http://www.portal.health.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/department_of_health_home/17457 and attachment.


North American Veterinary Conference’ *Clinician's Brief Journal (USA) One Health Initiative Capsules
Clinician's Brief - March 2012 Issue
Saturday, March 17, 2012.

North American Veterinary Conference’ *Clinician's Brief Journal (USA) One Health Initiative Capsules

 

 

 March 2012 issue – Please see attachment or http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/March%202012%20CB%20One%20Health%20Capsules.pdf

 

*Clinician’s Brief, the official Journal of the North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC), adopted support and advocacy of the One Health concept in its October 2011 issue.  The NAVC http://www.navc.com/ conducts a prominent and outstanding yearly meeting in Orlando, Florida (USA).  It is one of the largest veterinary medical continuing education events in the world.  A focus is maintained “on a single goal—providing high quality, practical information to every member of the veterinary [medical] professional team.” 

 

The One Health Initiative team believes Clinician’s Brief to be the only peer reviewed small animal medicine/surgery journal in the world to have adopted and implemented a significant identifiable One Health oriented section (One Health Initiative Capsules) in their monthly publication issues.

 

 

Graciously provided by:

 

Michelle N. Munkres

Managing Editor,

NAVC Clinician’s Brief

http://www.cliniciansbrief.com/

Educational Concepts, LLC

2021 S. Lewis Avenue #760

Tulsa, OK 74104

T: (918) 710-4610

F: (918) 749-1987

 

One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team:

Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP ▪ Bruce Kaplan, DVM ▪

Thomas P. Monath, MD ▪ Jack Woodall, PhD Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH


Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans in China
Open Access: Parasites & Vectors 2011, 4:165 doi:10.1186/1756-3305-4-165
Wednesday, March 14, 2012.

Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans in China

Peng Zhou, Zhaoguo Chen, Hai-Long Li, Haihong Zheng, Shenyi He, Rui-Qing Lin and Xing-Quan Zhu

Open Access: Parasites & Vectors 2011, 4:165 doi:10.1186/1756-3305-4-165 Published: 24 August 2011

 “Toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic infection of humans and animals, caused by the opportunistic protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite belonging to the phylum Apicomplexa. Infection in pregnant women may lead to abortion, stillbirth or other serious consequences in newborns. Infection in immunocompromised patients can be fatal if not treated. On average, one third of people are chronically infected worldwide. Although very limited information from China has been published in the English journals, T. gondii infection is actually a significant human health problem in China. In the present article, we reviewed the clinical features, transmission, prevalence of T. gondii infection in humans in China, and summarized genetic characterizations of reported T. gondii isolates. Educating the public about the risks associated with unhealthy food and life style habits, tracking serological examinations to special populations, and measures to strengthen food and occupational safety are discussed.”

Read more by clicking here http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/pdf/1756-3305-4-165.pdf or see attachment.


Updated unified nomenclature system for the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses
World Health Organization (WHO) - October 2011
Monday, March 12, 2012.

Updated unified nomenclature system for the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses

World Health Organization (WHO) - October 2011

 “In recent years, a variety of different provisional names have been used to refer to emerging lineages of the currently circulating highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 viruses. As a result, discussion, comparison, and analysis of the various lineages proved difficult. ... “

See more: http://www.who.int/influenza/gisrs_laboratory/h5n1_nomenclature/en/index.html


FREE One Health ‘MedMyst Magazine’ – An Important Unique Educational Publication to assist young people with their early education
Rice University Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning, Houston, Texas (USA) in partnership with Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases at The University of Texas Medical Branch. Galveston, Texas (USA)
Wednesday, March 07, 2012.

Worth revisiting...

 

FREE One Health ‘MedMyst Magazine’ – An Important Unique Educational Publication to assist young people with their early education

 

Produced by Rice University Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning, HoustonTexas (USA) in partnership with Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases at The University of Texas Medical Branch. Galveston, Texas (USA).

 

Please see http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/MagDiseaseDiscovery.pdf

 

Also please explore http://medmyst.rice.edu (many other excellent programs offered for young people.

 

Copyright 2010 Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning.

 

Provided by:

 

Leslie M. Miller, PhD

RIce University 

713-348-5352


Call for Abstracts/Papers 2013 Conference on “A World united against infectious diseases: cross-sectoral solutions” - 2nd International One Health Congress - Bangkok, Thailand - January 29 – February 2, 2013
Call for Abstracts/Papers 2013 Conference on “A World united against infectious diseases: cross-sectoral solutions”
Friday, March 02, 2012.

Call for Abstracts/Papers 2013 Conference on “A World united against infectious diseases: cross-sectoral solutions”

 

2nd International One Health Congress

 

January 29 – February 2, 2013

Bangkok, Thailand

 

http://www.pmaconference.mahidol.ac.th/


Reports from the GRF One Health Summit - Davos, Switzerland from February 19-23, 2012
GRF One Health Summit
Tuesday, February 28, 2012.

Reports from the GRF One Health Summit

Davos, Switzerland from February 19-23, 2012

Please see: http://grforum.org/pages_new.php/Reports-from-the-One-Health-Summit/1073/1/938/


Economics of One Health
Olga Jonas, Economic Adviser, World Bank - GRF One Health Summit, Davos 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012.

Economics of One Health

 

Olga Jonas, Economic Adviser, World Bank

 

Presentation at GRF One Health Summit 2012

Davos, Switzerland

February 19-23, 2012


One World. One Health - Laboratories Safeguarding the World’s Health
2012 Annual Meeting - Association of Public Health Laboratories, Inc. (APHL)
Wednesday, February 22, 2012.

2012 Annual Meeting - Association of Public Health Laboratories, Inc.  (APHL)

May 20–23, 2012 • Westin Hotel • Seattle, WA

 

One World. One Health

Laboratories Safeguarding the World’s Health

 

Please see http://www.aphl.org/conferences/2012AM/Documents/Prelim_Program_final.pdf


The science fiction effect
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP | 6 February 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012.

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

The science fiction effect

“It's alive! Neurophysiology. Huddled around a warm fireplace one cold summer's night in 1816, a small group of friends decided to hold a competition to see who could write the scariest horror story. While vacationing in a villa by Lake Geneva, Switzerland, the friends spent their time reading ghost stories and discussing the exciting experiment being performed by the scientists of the day: reanimating dead matter.

Luigi Galvani, an Italian physician, discovered electric currents in nerves when his assistant, who was standing next to an electrical machine, touched his scalpel to a frog's dissected leg causing it to twitch. Galvani called it "animal electricity." ...

Please read entire column: http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/columnists/laura-h-kahn/the-science-fiction-effect 


“The veterinary profession and one medicine: some considerations, with particular reference to Italy”
Veterinaria Italiana Journal 2011 - Volume 47 (4), October-December
Friday, February 17, 2012.

Veterinaria Italiana Journal 2011 - Volume 47 (4), October-December

 

“The veterinary profession and one medicine: some considerations, with particular reference to Italy”

 

http://www.izs.it/vet_italiana/2011/47_4/389.htm

 

http://www.izs.it/vet_italiana/2011/47_4/389.pdf

 


North American Veterinary Conference’ *Clinician's Brief Journal (USA) One Health Initiative Capsules
February 2012 issue
Wednesday, February 15, 2012.

North American Veterinary Conference’ *Clinician's Brief Journal (USA) One Health Initiative Capsules

 

 February 2012 issue – Please see attachment

 

*Clinician’s Brief, the official Journal of the North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC), adopted support and advocacy of the One Health concept in its October 2011 issue.  The NAVC http://www.navc.com/ conducts a prominent and outstanding yearly meeting in Orlando, Florida (USA).  It is one of the largest veterinary medical continuing education events in the world.  A focus is maintained “on a single goal—providing high quality, practical information to every member of the veterinary [medical] professional team.” 

 

The One Health Initiative team believes Clinician’s Brief to be the only peer reviewed small animal medicine/surgery journal in the world to have adopted and implemented a significant identifiable One Health oriented section (One Health Initiative Capsules) in their monthly publication issues.

 

 

Graciously provided by:

 

Michelle N. Munkres

Managing Editor,

NAVC Clinician’s Brief

http://www.cliniciansbrief.com/

Educational Concepts, LLC

2021 S. Lewis Avenue #760

Tulsa, OK 74104

T: (918) 710-4610

F: (918) 749-1987

 

One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team:

Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP ▪ Bruce Kaplan, DVM ▪

Thomas P. Monath, MD ▪ Jack Woodall, PhD

Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH


Bioterrorism Funding Withers As Death Germs Thrive In Labs, Nature
Lynne Peeples - Huffington Post
Friday, February 10, 2012.

More One Health in ACTION...Another excellent Huffington Post Column

By Lynne Peeples lynne.peeples@huffingtonpost.com
February 10, 2012

Bioterrorism Funding Withers As Death Germs Thrive In Labs, Nature

Please read http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/10/bioterrorism-bioterror-funding-_n_1263903.html


Improving Food Safety Through One Health
Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies (USA)
Thursday, February 09, 2012.

Improving Food Safety Through One Health: Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies (USA)

December 13, 2011 - December 14, 2011 (8:30 AM Eastern) Keck Center (100) • 500 Fifth St. NW, Washington, DC 20001

Please see the audio version to the presentations from our December 2011 Workshop on "Improving Food Safety Through One Health ". This new addition to the website will allow you to listen to the presentations while viewing the PowerPoint presentations. You can also access the files from the pull-down menus labeled 'Presentations' and 'Audio' on the right-hand side of this website. The agenda can be accessed by visiting the meeting's website and clicking 'Agenda' on the right-hand side.

http://www.iom.edu/Activities/PublicHealth/MicrobialThreats/2011-DEC-13.aspx?utm_medium=etmail&utm_source=Institute%20of%20Medicine&utm_campaign=2.1.12+Meeting+-+Microbial+Threats&utm_content=Forum%20on%20Microbial%20Threats&utm_term=Unknown

Graciously Provided by:

Pamela Bertelson

Phone: 202-334-3024

Fax: 202-334-3861

E-mail: pbertelson@nas.edu


Cross-Species Transmission of a Novel Adenovirus Associated with a Fulminant Pneumonia Outbreak in a New World Monkey Colony
PLoS Pathogens
Sunday, February 05, 2012.

PLoS Pathogens

 

Cross-Species Transmission of a Novel Adenovirus Associated with a Fulminant Pneumonia Outbreak in a New World Monkey Colony

Author Summary

“Infection from adenoviruses, viruses that cause a variety of illnesses in humans, monkeys, and other animals, has conventionally been thought to be species-specific. We used the Virochip, a microarray designed to detect all viruses, to identify a new species of adenovirus (TMAdV, or titi monkey adenovirus) that caused a deadly outbreak in a colony of New World titi monkeys at the California National Primate Research Center (CNPRC), and also infected a human researcher. One-third of the monkeys developed pneumonia and liver inflammation, and 19 of 23 monkeys died or were humanely euthanized. The unusually high death rate (83%) makes titi monkeys unlikely to be natural hosts for TMAdV, and the genomic sequence of TMAdV revealed that it is very different from any other known adenovirus. The researcher developed an acute respiratory illness at the onset of the outbreak, and was found to be infected by TMAdV by subsequent antibody testing. A clinically ill family member with no prior contact with the CNPRC also tested positive. Further investigation is needed to identify whether TMAdV originated from humans, monkeys, or another animal. The discovery of TMAdV suggests that adenoviruses should be monitored closely as potential causes of cross-species outbreaks.”

Please read more http://www.plospathogens.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.ppat.1002155


Antigenic and genetic characteristics of zoonotic influenza viruses and development of candidate vaccine viruses for pandemic preparedness
World Health Organization - September 11, 2011
Thursday, February 02, 2012.

World Health Organization:

 

 Antigenic and genetic characteristics of zoonotic influenza viruses and development of candidate vaccine viruses for pandemic preparedness

 

September 2011

 

“The development of representative candidate influenza vaccine viruses, coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO), remains an essential component of the overall global strategy for pandemic preparedness. Comparisons of the candidate vaccine viruses with respect to antigenicity and their relationship to newly emerging viruses are ongoing and will be periodically reported by WHO. An update of current and completed vaccine clinical trials can be found on the WHO website1....”

 

Please read more: http://www.who.int/influenza/resources/documents/2011_09_h5_h9_vaccinevirusupdate.pdf


One Health: the Global Challenge of Epidemic and Endemic Leishmaniasis
Parasites & Vectors 2011, 4:197 (10 October 2011)
Sunday, January 29, 2012.

Review    

 

One Health: the Global Challenge of Epidemic and Endemic Leishmaniasis.

 

http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/4/1/197

 

Palatnik-de-Sousa CB, Day MJ

 

Parasites & Vectors 2011, 4:197 (10 October 2011)

[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed]


One Health Advocates Have a New Way to Connect On the One Health Commission (OHC) Website
One Health Commission - USA: January 25, 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012.

Press Release: January 25, 2012

 

 

One Health Advocates Have a New Way to Connect On the One Health Commission (OHC) Website - USA

 

Contact:

Dr. Roger Mahr, One Health Commission, 515-294-0572, rkmahr@onehealthcommission.org

Connie Scovin, Center for Food Security and Public Health, 860-355-8599, cscovin@iastate.edu

 

AMES, Iowa – “The One Health Commission, a globally focused organization dedicated to the improved health of people, domestic animals, wildlife, plants and the environment has launched a newly redesigned website where people can share accomplishments and ideas using the One Health approach for global health benefits. The site address is www.onehealthcommission.org. .......”

 

Please read entire release: http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/OneHealthCommission_Annct_1%2025%2012.%20B%20docx.pdf


Going viral - By Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP | 17 January 2012
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Column
Monday, January 23, 2012.

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Going viral

By Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP | 17 January 2012

“We've been lucky. The avian influenza (H5N1) virus that first emerged in Hong Kong in 1997 -- which killed six and caused 18 serious illnesses -- has not acquired the ability to spread easily from person to person. Virtually all of the reported cases have involved contact with infected birds or bird products. Thus the outbreak required the depopulation of all the chicken farms and poultry markets in the region -- no small project -- in order to stop the outbreak from spreading. ...

Please read entire column at http://thebulletin.org/web-edition/columnists/laura-h-kahn/going-viral


Visionary One Health Training Programs Planned for University of Florida (USA)
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (USA)
Thursday, January 19, 2012.

Visionary One Health Training Programs Planned for University of Florida (USA)

 

Please see video at http://youtu.be/InYc6qB-pKk

 

 

“While many organizations call for a cross-disciplinary One Health approach, there are no US degree programs that teach students to lead these complex collaborations.  Comprised of sixteen different health science, engineering, and agriculture colleges, the University of Florida is uniquely positioned with experts in a variety of fields. To address this need and utilize our distinctive capabilities, the Department of Environmental and Global Health is developing several new training programs.  We are seeking approval to establish three new training programs for Fall 2012:

·                                 Master’s of Health Sciences, Environmental Health emphasis (40 credit hours, approval pending)

·                                 PhD in Public Health, One Health emphasis (90 credit hours, approval pending)”

http://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/academic-programs/


Major gains in efficiency of livestock systems needed
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) ... December 14, 2011
Tuesday, January 17, 2012.

Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) ...

Major gains in efficiency of livestock systems needed

 

14-12-2011

Intensive production holds key to feeding growing cities, but improvements in natural resource use and environmental performance are crucial

 

14 December 2011, Rome – “By 2050 an expanded world population will be consuming two thirds more animal protein than it does today, bringing new strains to bear on the planet's natural resources, according to a new FAO report published today. ...”

 

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FAO Permission to post granted December 19, 2011.


National Link Coalition Listed as “One Health” Resource
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Saturday, January 14, 2012.