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Epidemiology 526, Spring 2009
Epidemiology of Diseases Communicable from Nature (Zoonotic Diseases)

Readings

Week 1 - Mar 30th
Bernard, S. and Anderson, S. Qualitative assessment of risk for monkeypox associated with domestic trade in certain animal species, United States. EID 2006; 12: 1827-1833.

Huhn, G. et al. Clinical characteristics of human monkeypox, and risk factors for severe disease. Clin Infect Dis 2005; 41: 1742-1751.

Reed, K. et al. The detection of monkeypox in humans in the Western Hemisphere. NEJM 2004; 350: 342-50

Croft, D. et al. Occupational risks during a monkeypox outbreak, Wisconsin, 2003. EID 2007; 13:1150-1157.

Weigler Power Point


Week 1 - Apr 1st

Outbreak of leptospirosis associated with swimming

Leptospirosis Questions

Springfield Leptospirosis Outbreak

Outbreak Investigation


Week 2 - Apr 6th

Objectives

Blanton, J. et al. Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2007. JAVMA 2008; 233: 884-897.

McQuiston JH. et. al. Importation of dogs into the United States: risks from rabies and other zoonotic diseases. Zoonoses Public Health 2008.

Rabies powerpoint


Week 2 Apr 8th

Moro. P et al. Identification of risk factors for cystic echinococcosis in a peri-urban population of Peru. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2008; 102: 75-78.


Week 3 - Apr 13th
Jones, J. et al. Toxoplasma gondii infection in the United States: Seroprevalence and risk factors. Am J Epidemiol 2001; 154: 357-365.

Toxoplasmosis powerpoint

Week 3 - Apr 15th

Objectives

Campbell, G. et al. West Nile Virus. Lancet Infect Dis 2002; 2:519-529.

Hayes E. et al. Epidemiology and Transmission Dynamics of West Nile Virus Disease. EID 2005; 11: 1167-1173.

Mosquito-borne powerpoint


Week 4 - Apr 20th
Objectives

Childs, J. et al. Serologic and genetic identification of Peromyscus maniculatus as the primary rodent reservoir for a new hantavirus in the southwestern United States.  J Infect Dis 1994; 169:1271-1280.

Zeitz, P. et al. A case-control study of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome during an outbreak in the Southwestern United States. J Infect Dis 1995; 171:864-870.

Hantaviruses - powerpoint

Week 4 - Apr 22nd
Orloski, K. et al. Emergence of Lyme disease in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, 1993: A case-control study of risk factors and evaluation of reporting patterns. Am J Epidemiol 1998; 147: 391-397.

Tick-borne Zoonoses powerpoint


Week 5 - Apr 27th

Influenza - objectives

Swine Influenza A (H1N1) Infection in Two Children --- Southern California, March--April 2009. MMWR 58: 400-402, 2009. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5815a5.htm?s_cid=mm5815a5_e

Myers KP ET AL. Cases of swine influenza in humans: a review of the literature. Clin Infect Dis 2007;44:1084-1088.

Influenza powerpoint

Week 6 - May 6th

Prion diseases - Objectives

Ward, HJT et al. Risk factors for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: A case-control study. Ann Neurol 2006; 59: 111-120.

Prion Diseases powerpoint


Week 7 - May 11th

MacKenzie, W. et al. A massive outbreak in Milwaukee of Cryptosporidium infection transmitted through the public water supply. NEJM 1994; 331: 161-167.

Outbreak Questions

Week 7 - May 13th
Objectives

Bender, J.B. et al. Use of molecular subtyping in surveillance for Salmonella enterica serotype typhimurium. NEJM 2001; 344: 189-195.

Friedman, C.R. et al. Risk factors for sporadic Campylobacter infection in the United States: A case-control study in FoodNet Sites. Clin Infect Dis 2004; 38 (Suppl 3): S285-296.

Rangel, J.M. et al. Epidemiology of Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreaks, United States, 1982-2002. EID 2005; 11: 603-609.

Foodborne powerpoint

Foodborne Diseases - Agents

Week 8 - May 18th
Ancelle, T. et al. A multifocal outbreak of trichinellosis linked to horse meat imported from North America to France in 1993. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998; 59: 615-619.

Sorvillo, F. et al. Cysticercosis-related deaths, California. EID 2004; 10:465-469.


Week 8 -May 20th

Treadwell, T. et al. Epidemiologic clues to bioterrorism. Public Hlth Reports 2003; 118:92-98.

Torok, T. et al. A large community outbreak of salmonellosis caused by intentional contamination of restaurant salad bars. JAMA 1997; 278:389-395.

Outbreak - questions



Week 9 -May 25th

School holiday.


Week 9 - May 27th

Gottlieb, S. et al. Multistate outbreak of listeriosis linked to turkey deli meat and subsequent changes in US regulatory policy. Clin Infect Dis 2006; 42: 29-36.


Kobayashi Powerpoint
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