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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)

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

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PLoS Pathogens

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

“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

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

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]

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

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)

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/

Please read entire article by clicking on this link http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/116937/icode/ or the HTM View.

FAO Permission to post granted December 19, 2011.