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Serves as Website’s “LINKS PAGE” - One Health Initiative Website NEWS Statistics - February 28, 2011 - Tuesday, November 30, 2010

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.

 One Health Initiative Website NEWS Statistics: 

 

Serves as Website’s “LINKS PAGE” 

 

 

The autonomous pro bono One Health Initiative website has been operational since October 1, 2008.  Since then the website has received over 180,000 visits from 120 countries (currently averages over 110 countries monthly) including the U.S., Canada, Australia and others (see below).  Numerous inquiries and comments have been received from several nations via physicians, veterinarians, allied health professionals, medical and veterinary medical scientists, students and others.  As of January 31, 2011 there are 563 listed One Health individual supporters worldwide. Our current e-mail distribution list of 829 individuals is from 51 countries, including: United States, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Malta, Mexico, Mongolia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Nepal, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Viet Nam, Switzerland, Sweden and Grenada, West Indies.

 

The preparers of this message and the two lists act independently of any other entity or organization; however where feasible we attempt to augment and support those organizations’ efforts to recognize, promote and implement this initiative such as the American Veterinary Medical Association, American Medical Association, Society for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Croatian Society for Infectious Diseases, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, World Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Delta Society, American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, American Phytopathological Society, Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges, Association of Schools of Public Health, American Society for Microbiology, National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Association of Academic Health Centers, Association of American Medical Colleges, Immuno Valley Consortium in The Netherlands, Indian Veterinary Public Health Association, Italian Society of Preventive Medicine, The Institute for Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Food Safety [Lasio and Tuscany Regions Italy], the Corporation Red SPVet [Bogota, Colombia],  American College of Veterinary Pathology, United States Animal Health Association, and American Nurses Association.

This One Health Initiative website is currently linked or has been linked with the following 70 known websites:

 One Health Newsletter (Florida State Department of Health publication) http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Environment/medicine/One_Health/OneHealth.html.

 Federation of Asian Veterinarians  http://www.asianvet.org/   

 Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana  http://www.izslt.it/izs/        

 CABI Abtracts   http://cabiblog.typepad.com/hand_picked/2008/10/the-first-europ.html
Tracker News  http://www.trackernews.net/

 SuperCourse Website  http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/assist/index.htm and http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec33431/index.htm.

 World Veterinary Association  http://www.worldvet.org/

 ProMED-Mail  http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1000:  

 World Alliance for Rabies Control      http://www.worldrabiesday.org/EN/Our_Partners/Our_Partners.html

 American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene http://www.astmh.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Publications/RelatedWebSites/default.htm

 Society for Tropical Veterinary Medicine   http://www.soctropvetmed.org/BioLinks.cfm

American Association of Medical Colleges  http://www.aamc.org/research/partnerships.htm

Wildlife Society  http://joomla.wildlife.org/WildlifeDiseases/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=186&Itemid=304, ,

http://www.onehealthonemedicine.org/

Avian Influenza Toolkit  http://www.aitoolkit.org/Home/Contributors1.aspx or contributors page

PROSAIA (Argentina) http://www.prosaia.org/links/links.html

 Featured on the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/dec08/081201i.asp 

 The Pandemic Network (previously mentioned)  http://www.pandemicnetwork.com/promed.htm

 University of Guelph, Ontario Veterinary College, Centre for Public Health & Zoonoses  http://www.ovc.uoguelph.ca/cphaz/other/

 Kansas State University http://www.k-state.edu/mphealth/links.htm; http://onehealthkansas.k-state.edu/about/28/one-health-links

Parasites and Vectors http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/

University of Wisconsin-Madison Research Guide – One Health Portal http://researchguides.library.wisc.edu/content.php?pid=35890

UC Davis Calvin Schwabe One Health Project  http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/onehealth/links.cfm

VetWeb.com  http://www.vetsweb.com/news/veterinarians-important-in-one-health-initiative-333.html

 The Australian Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre for Emerging Infectious Disease (AB-CRC)

http://www.abcrc.org.au/pages/About.aspx?MenuID=29

 

The National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians (USA)  http://www.nasphv.org/links.html

 Immuno Valley – The Netherlands  http://www.immunovalley.nl/Default.aspx?pageid=90

 University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine  http://cvm.missouri.edu/news/onehealthinitiative.htm

 Colorado State University One Health Club  http://lamar.colostate.edu/~ohcinfo/Links.html

 Peir.net (Pathology Education Educational Resource) – University of Alabama at Birmingham http://peir2.path.uab.edu/merit/

 European Wildlife Disease Association - http://www.ewda-2010.nl/Pages/Links.aspx

 National Institute of Animal Agriculture (NIAA) 2010 Annual meeting site -http://www.animalagriculture.org/Solutions/Annual%20Meeting/2010/Home.html

 One Health Network - http://www.onehealthnet.be/Grey.html

 Ohio State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine - http://vet.osu.edu; http://vet.osu.edu/6267.htm

 The Canary Database – Yale University Occupational and Environmental Medicine/Yale University School of Medicine - http://canarydatabase.org/

 PENAPH - Participatory Epidemiology Network for Animal and Public Health  -  http://penaph.net/

 One Health Academy - http://www.onehealthacademy.org/_Links.html

 Humanitarian Resource Center - http://www.unarts.org/news/onehealth_2222010.html

 American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians -  http://www.aavld.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=35761&orgId=aavld  and www.aavld.org

 American College of Veterinary Pathology - http://www.acvp.org/links/ and http://www.acvp.org/

 1st International One Health Congress Meeting, Feb. 2011, Victoria, Australia -  http://www.onehealth2011.com/links.php

 Wildlife Diseases News Digest - http://wdin.blogspot.com/2010/03/in-spotlight-one-health-initative.html

 http://cstsp.aaas.org/content.html?contentid=2268

 Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine - Centers and Institutes: http://vetmed.iastate.edu/centers-and-institutes International Programs: http://vetmed.iastate.edu/outreach/international-programs

 Kansas State Diagnostic Laboratory - http://www.vet.k-state.edu/depts/dmp/service/

 Rice University, Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning - http://medmyst.rice.edu/html/links.html

 Exuberant Animal - www.exuberantanimal.com

 One Health Commission (USA) - http://www.onehealthcommission.org/community-exchange.html and www.onehealthcommission.org

 University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine - http://www.vet.upenn.edu/ and  http://www.vet.upenn.edu/PennVet/AboutUs/tabid/247/Default.aspx

 University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Forefront of One Medicine/One Health - http://uiuc.libguides.com/content.php?pid=98786

 University of Pittsburgh, Center for Global Health - http://www.globalhealth.pitt.edu/resources/additional-links.php

 International Zoonosis Research Institute, Islamabad, Pakistan http://www.izrionline.com/Link.html

and http://www.izrionline.com/

 Zoonotic and Emerging Diseases, Edinburgh, UK, www.zoonotic-diseases.org and http://www.zoonotic-diseases.org/home/links

 Australian Veterinary Association - http://www.ava.com.au/news/media-centre/hot-topics-6

 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health - http://www.sph.unc.edu/oilspill

 Texas A&M University’s FAZD Center - http://fazd.tamu.edu/2010/09/fazd-center-ceezad-will-represent-one-health-initiative-at-international-symposium-on-zoonotic-diseases/

 North Carolina State University – College of Veterinary Medicine - http://www.cvm.ncsu.edu/about/one-health.html

 Infection, Ecology and Epidemiology Network (IEE), Sweden: http://www.infee.se/infee/node/6 and www.infee.se

Roadmap to Combat Zoonoses in India’s (RCZI)  http://www.phfi.org/zoonoses;  http://111.93.4.145/Resources.html

 Vet Tech at http://www.vettech.org

 U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) ONE HEALTH Office -  www.cdc.gov/onehealth and http://www.cdc.gov/onehealth/related.html

 The Yale Human Animal Medicine Project: a center for "One Health" studies at Yale -  http://tools.medicine.yale.edu/humananimalmedicine/index.html

 U.S. National Vet2011 Committee headed up by the AVMA: See Members http://www.avma.org/Vet2011/Vet2011_MemberOrgs.asp

 European Public Health Law Network: See www.ephln.org and http://www.ephln.org/index.php?option=com_weblinks&view=category&id=37%3Ahealth-and-public-health-ethics&Itemid=48
 

 One Health Kansas: K-12 Educational and Public Outreach Resources (scroll down to item 6, One Health) - http://onehealthkansas.k-state.edu/outreach/52/k-12-education-and-public-outreach-resources

 

World Bank-Avian Flu: www.worldbank.org/flu

Food Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations on One Health - http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/home/en/news_archive/2010_one-health.html

Food Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations on One Health - http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/home/en/news_archive/2010_one-health.html

 

Texas Department of State Health Services - Infectious Disease Control Unit:http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/health/zoonosis/veterinarian/

 American Nurses Association - http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/OccupationalandEnvironmental/environmentalhealth/EnvironmentalResources/OtherResources.aspx

 

Triangle Global Health Consortium (North Carolina) http://onehealtheducation.blogspot.com/p/one-health-links.html and  http://triangleglobalhealth.ning.com/group/tghconehealth.

 Penn State University website for the Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science: http://www.science.psu.edu/alert/frontiers/learning-resources/learning-resources-2011 from http://www.science.psu.edu/alert/frontiers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One Health - 2010 American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD) - United States Animal Health Association (USAHA) - November 11-17, 2010 - Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Reminder: Upcoming IMPORTANT ONE HEALTH MEETING SESSIONS

Sample Abstracts for Upcoming One Health Meeting (Go to the meeting, there are other excellent talks):

November 11-17, 2010

United States Animal Health Association (USAHA)
114th Annual Meeting - Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)

http://www.usaha.org/meetings/2010/

American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD)
53rd Annual Conference

For more information on AAVLD programs, please go to www.aavld.org

 One Health - 2010 AAVLD/USAHA Plenary Sessions

 Saturday, 13 Nov 2010

AAVLD Plenary Session – 7:50 – 11:30 a.m.

 One Health: Opportunities for Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories

 

7:50 a.m.      Welcome – Craig Carter, DVM, PhD, AAVLD President-Elect 

 

8:00                 Keynote-- Human-Animal Medicine Title: How Do Laboratories Fit Into the Picture?

 

                          - Peter Rabinowitz, MD, MPH  [Yale Medical School]

 

In many of its current forms, the concept of “One Health” is long on visionary scope and maddeningly short on tangible specifics and short term action steps for implementation. Yet there is a substantial, although often anecdotal, amount of evidence suggesting that the clinical laboratories could play a key and increasingly important role in diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases overlapping human and animal medicine in a manner that could be considered One Health.  This talk will review such evidence, through presentation of cases that involve animals as sentinels for human environmental health hazards, humans as sentinels for animal disease risk, and cases that highlight how little we still know about zoonotic pathogen transmission and its impact on the global burden of illness in both humans and animals.

 

 

11:00 a.m.       Walk the Talk: The Center for Excellence of Emerging & Zoonotic Animal Diseases (CEEZAD) and One Health

 

                          -Juergen Richt, DVM, PhD [Dept. Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology Kansas State University]           

 

 

The history of integrative thinking between veterinary medicine, human medicine, and environmental and economic domains has slowly evolved through time into comparative medicine and lately to the concept of “One Health”. Recognition of interdependence between these entities has increasingly become apparent within the last decade. Although this concept is not new, its implementation requires collaborative efforts involving multiple disciplines.

 

When applied to emerging and zoonotic animal diseases, the concept of “One Health” is one of the critical strategies that is fully embraced for efficient risk analysis and implementation of control measures.  The concept relies on vaccine and diagnostic tools using a transboundary line of attack because of the underlying interconnection between these disciplines and the potential risk for failure without a global approach.

 

The Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases (CEEZAD) conducts research, develops technology, and trains a specialized work force to successfully defend US pre-harvest agricultural systems against accidental or intentional introduction of emerging animal pathogens, and especially those with zoonotic potential. The Center’s emphasis on foreign, zoonotic and novel emerging pathogens will have a significant impact on both human and animal health.

 

The CEEZAD’s research is concentrated around three themes: vaccines, diagnostics and epidemiology/modeling. The vaccine theme targets the development, testing and validation of vaccines against known and newly emerging threat agents such as Foot and Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV), Rift Valley Fever Virus (RVFV), Animal Influenzas or other newly discovered and economically important threat pathogens.  The second theme objective encompasses the development of diagnostic tools to support the vaccine theme and especially DIVA companion test for FMDV, RVFV and influenza, as well as ability to ensure the rapid detection of unknown novel agents whether natural or engineered. The third theme goals involve inter-disciplinary, interagency and international collaboration to support U.S. national policy and emergency responses in case of introduction of threat pathogens. To fully integrate the concept of “One Health”, the mission of CEEZAD is supported by a strong emphasis on an education and outreach approach. 

 

Monday, 15 Nov 2010  

 

USAHA/AAVLD Joint Plenary Session – 7:50 – 12:00 a.m.

 

One Health: One Way Street Or Are There Opportunities for Animal Agriculture?

 

7:50 a.m.         Welcome – Steve Halstead, DVM, MS USAHA President-Elect; Lonnie King, DVM, MS, MPA Moderator

 

8:00                 Keynote--One Medicine:  Its All Herd Health

 

                        - Lisa  A. Conti, DVM, MPH  [Florida Dept. of Health, Division Environmental Health Director]

 

The exciting concept of One Health, while not new, encourages systems thinking and implementation at addressing challenges to disease and injury prevention and control.  By using the intersection of human, veterinary and environmental health, practitioners in these fields can manage a wide range of clinical and public health problems. 

 

For most of us, a companion animal makes up part of our family structure and most people consume food of animal origin.  Biologic, chemical and radiation hazards in our environment that impact these animals, also impact us.  Our ability to attend to and mitigate these threats increase our community sustainability and our general health. 

 

The task of identifying and controlling emerging pathogens and conditions benefits from an open communication and collaboration among human medical, veterinary medical and environmental health practitioners.  The nation’s response to the Gulf oil spill necessarily requires the input of multiple professions working together to address the impacts from occupational exposure, to wildlife and habitat threats, to harvesting food from these waters.  Zoonotic influenza is an infectious disease that exemplifies the need for working across divides.  Environmental changes including how we build our environments have considerable impact on human, animal and environmental health.

 

The growing awareness of the benefit of One Health linkages requires each of us in these professions to take initiative, starting as simply as knowing whom to contact in our communities and making those contacts. 

 

8:30                  Emerging Infectious Diseases:  The Case for Integrating Science, Medicine and Public Health

                          - Gary Simpson, MD, PhD, MPH   [Paul L. Foster School of Medicine - Texas Tech University Health Science Center]

 

Emerging infectious diseases in the 21st Century have become increasingly complex and unpredictable.  Since 85% of emerging infectious diseases in recent decades are zoonotic in origin, the importance

of understanding the dynamic interactions of the ecosystems of wildlife, domestic/agricultural animals, and humans has been demonstrated convincingly.  Extensive experience with these

infectious disease threats has taught that addressing them responsibly requires the collaborative and coordinated efforts of inter-disciplinary, multi-organizational working groups.  The example of the initial

outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome will used to illustrate these concepts. The sustained collaborations that resulted from this event will be described.                    

 

WANT MORE?  Consider attending the meeting…


Last Reminder: American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) The One Health Initiative Symposium: Vaccination of Animals for Prevention and Control of Zoonotic Diseases NOVEMBER 4 & 5, 2010 - Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Last Reminder: You won’t want to miss this one!

The One Health Initiative Symposium: Vaccination of Animals for Prevention and Control of Zoonotic Diseases

American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) – 59th Annual Meeting - www.astmh.org

November 3-7, 2010

Marriott Atlanta Marquis Hotel

Atlanta, Georgia (USA)

 

A symposium organized jointly by members of the ASTMH and the Society for Tropical Veterinary Medicine (STVM) http://www.soctropvetmed.org/ deals with the broad subject of One Health.

 

Marriott – Room A704, Thursday, November 4, 2010, 3:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

 

The Symposium focuses on vaccines, considered the most cost effective means of disease prevention.  The role of vaccines in preventing the spread of disease from animals to humans will be explored.  Speakers will address examples where vaccination in animal species (livestock, poultry and wildlife) for zoonotic disease agents is used or could be used in order to reduce the risk of human disease. 

 

Specific examples are drawn from important human diseases cause by viral agents of animals.  Speakers will address the potential for additional impact on disease risk reduction for selected vaccine-preventable diseases as well as opportunities for vaccine interventions.

 

Session Summary:

 

·                           Demonstrate concrete cases where the vaccination of wildlife, livestock and poultry is being used to reduce human disease.

 

·                           Provide a One Health forum for discussing the integration of approaches that can reduce disease risk in animals and people.

 

Symposium organizers:

 

Thomas P. Monath, MD, Chair – Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and member, One Health Initiative Website team          

Bob H. Bokma, DVM, Co-Chair – United States Department of Agriculture-Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS)

 

Speakers:

 

Clarence J. Peters, MD University of Texas Medical Branch,  Galveston, TX (USA)

“Rift Valley fever: prevention of human disease outbreaks by vaccination of livestock”

 

Thomas Geisbert, PhD -  University of Texas Medical Branch,  Galveston, TX (USA)

“Progress in the development of vaccines against Ebola hemorrhagic fever”

 

Thomas E. Walton, DVM, PhD - USDA (retired),  Fort Collins, CO (USA)

“Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis attenuated vaccine strain TC-83: successful application of an IND human vaccine to equines for control of major northern hemispheric epizootic and epidemic, 1969-1972.”

 

E. Paul H. Gibbs, BVSc, PhD - University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl (USA)

“The global eradication of rinderpest and its significance for “One World, One Health”.

 

Note: There will also be a One Health Initiative poster presentation by Jack Woodall, PhD, member One Health Initiative Website team.

                Friday, November 5, 2010 – Noon to 1:30 pm – Poster Session B


Important Rabies Webinars: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - Friday, September 24, 2010

Reminder…

Important Rabies Webinars: Tuesday, September 28, 2010

The Global Alliance for Rabies Control and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are co-hosting four Webinars on World Rabies Day 2010. There is no cost to attend the Webinars but you must register for each Webinar separately, using the links provided, e.g.:

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One Health Initiative website team member Jack Woodall, PhD will present:

9:40-9:55am

The One Health Initiative - Global Clearinghouse for Activities Involving Rabies and Other Zoonoses

http://www.worldrabiesday.org/EN/Events/wrd-webinar.html


The Alliance for Rabies Control's July 2010 newsletter - Friday, July 30, 2010

The Alliance for Rabies Control's July 2010 newsletter is now available at:
www.rabiescontrol.net/ARCnewsletter18


North Carolina State College (USA) of Veterinary Medicine Participates in International Cancer Study - Wednesday, June 09, 2010

North Carolina State College (USA) of Veterinary Medicine Participates in International Cancer Study

 

Read complete story:

http://wake.mync.com/site/wake/news%7CSports%7CLifestyles/story/52303/NC_State_College_of_Veterinary_Medicine_Participates_in_International_Cance

 

“… The Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research (CCMTR) is a community of more than 100 research scientists from five North Carolina State University colleges. These investigators are involved in collaborative "One Health" studies with government, private, and other academic researchers to advance knowledge and practical applications that improve the health and well being of people and animals.”


U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Announces New Food Safety Reporting Website - Thursday, June 03, 2010

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Announces New Food Safety Reporting Website

 

www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/PublicHealthFocus/ucm212845.htm

 

The FDA and the National Institutes of Health (USA) launched a new website on May 24, 2010 called the Safety Reporting Portal (SRP).  This site is used to report food safety problems and/or adverse events involving FDA-regulated foods (not including dieatary supplements and infant formula), along with events involving animal feeds and animal drugs.  Also, consumers can use the site to report problems with pet foods and pet treats.


One Health Initiative Symposium: Vaccination of Animals for Prevention and Control of Zoonotic Diseases - ASTMH Annual Meeting Nov 3 -7, 2010 - Tuesday, June 01, 2010

One Health Initiative Symposium: Vaccination of Animals for Prevention and Control of Zoonotic Diseases

 

American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene – 59th Annual Meeting - www.astmh.org

 

November 3-7, 2010

Marriott Atlanta Marquis Hotel

Atlanta, Georgia (USA)

 

A symposium organized jointly by members of the ASTMH and the Society for Tropical Veterinary Medicine (STVM) and deals with the broad subject of One Health. 

 

The Symposium focuses on vaccines, considered the most cost effective means of disease prevention.  The role of vaccines in preventing the spread of disease from animals to humans will be explored.  Speakers will address exampls where vaccination in animal species (livestock, poultry and wildlife) for zoonotic disease agents is used or could be used in order to reduce the risk of human disease. 

 

Specific examples are drawn from important human diseases cause by viral agents of animals.  Speakers will address the potential for additional impact on disease risk reduction for selected vaccine-preventable diseases as well as opportunities for vaccine interventions.

 

Session Summary:

 

·                           Demonstrate concrete cases where the vaccination of wildlife, livestock and poultry is being used to reduce human disease.

 

·                           Provide a One Health forum for discussing the integration of approaches that can reduce disease risk in animals and people.

 

Symposium organizers:

 

Thomas P. Monath, MD, Chair – Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and member, One Health Initiative Website team         

Bob H. Bokma, DVM, Co-Chair – United States Department of Agriculture-Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS)

 

Speakers:

 

Clarence J. Peters, MD – University of Texas Medical Branch,  Galveston, TX (USA)

“Rift Valley fever: prevention of human disease outbreaks by vaccination of livestock”

 

Thomas Geisbert, PhD -  University of Texas Medical Branch,  Galveston, TX (USA)

“Progress in the development of vaccines against Ebola hemorrhagic fever”

 

Thomas E. Walton, DVM, PhD - USDA (retired),  Fort Collins, CO (USA)

“Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis attenuated vaccine strain TC-83: successful application of an IND human vaccine to equines for control of major northern hemispheric epizootic and epidemic, 1969-1972.”

 

E. Paul H. Gibbs, BVSc, PhD - University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl (USA)

“The global eradication of rinderpest and its significance for “One World, One Health”.


“Wildlife and One Health” edition of the One Health Newsletter - Published May 25, 2010 - Thursday, May 27, 2010

“Wildlife and One Health” edition of the One Health Newsletter

 

One Health Newsletter Published – May 25, 2010 - Spring Issue, 2010 Volume 3 Issue 2

 

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

 

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


News Item RE: One Health in ACTION! More about Edward Breitschwerdt, DVM, DACVIM and his laboratory’s research contributions to One Health… - Monday, May 17, 2010

Please see previous News Item RE: One Health in ACTION!   More about Dr. Breitschwerdt and his laboratory’s research contributions to One Health…

Flea Bites Linked with Chronic Infections [by a veterinarian], Possible Birth Defects [human infants] - USA

http://twt.tl/2mB1Bnl

 

Dr. Edward Breitschwerdt, a veterinarian, directs the Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory (IPRL)in the Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, where he is a Professor of Medicine and Infectious Disease. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Duke University Medical Center. Historically, research in the IPRL has focused on questions of comparative medical importance related to Rocky Mountain spotted fever, canine and human ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis, babesiosis and most recently bartonellosis in animal and human patients.

 

In collaboration with scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, University of Texas, Galveston, John’s Hopkins, University of California (Davis) and other research groups around the world, Dr. Breitschwerdt and the laboratory has contributed to the development of more sensitive and specific diagnostic tests for a variety of insect-transmitted infectious agents.  These diagnostic techniques can be used on numerous types of patient samples (blood, urine, cerebrospinal fluid or biopsy tissues) and are applicable to samples obtained from either sick animals or people. The laboratory performs applied research that has a direct impact on patient care and infectious disease management practices in both human and veterinary medicine.

 

Most importantly, recent IPRL collaborative discoveries illustrate unique, existing opportunities to make tremendous strides in our understanding of the role of infectious agents as a cause of chronic debilitating diseases in animals and human beings.  As many human pathogens are zoonotic (at least 60%) the comparative medical importance of various infectious agents in the pathogenesis of chronic diseases of companion animals and people is substantial and very much under studied.  Current research efforts are focused on the role of Bartonella spp. a cause of chronic debilitating illness throughout the world. 


 
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