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

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]

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.

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

   NAVC Clinician’s Brief

    http://www.cliniciansbrief.com/

    Educational Concepts, LLC

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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 1^st 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 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

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

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

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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.

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, PhD^1,2, 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

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

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

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