U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – Emerging Infectious Disease Journal

Volume 17, Number 12—December 2011

Photo Quiz- Calvin W. Schwabe, DVM, MPH, DSc. [Coined “One Medicine” term*]

Myron G. Schultz, DVM, MD, DCMT, FACP and Peter M. Schantz, VMD, PhD

Author affiliations: Author affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (M.G. Schultz)

Schultz MG, Schantz P. Calvin W. Schwab [photo quiz]. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2011 Dec [date cited]. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1712.110484

Please see http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/12/11-0484_article.htm and/or attached PDF provided by Dr. Schultz.

*http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/Who%20coined%20the%20term%20One%20Medicine%20by%20B%20%20Kaplan%20and%20C%20%20Scott%20May19%202011-CS.pdf

Historic One Health Resolution (USA)...

National League of Cities · Adopted at the 2011 Congress of Cities · November 12, 2011 (USA)

 2012 Energy, Environment and Natural Resources  Pg.68 & 69

NLC RESOLUTION #2012-17 - One Health Initiative - [Please see http://alturl.com/tz5gx and http://alturl.com/zh45j]

WHEREAS, cities depend on the health and vitality of their inhabitants, reliable access to sufficient quantities of wholesome food and clean water, clean air, and the ecosystem services that support them; and

WHEREAS, government plays an important role in coordinating efforts to preserve and maintain those resources; and

WHEREAS, policymakers are challenged to make sense of complex inter-relationships among human health, animal health, and ecological health, and pressed to conform with decision-making models that often isolate those critical connections and shorten planning horizons; and

WHEREAS, cities‘ economic, social, and environmental well-being—the ¨Dtriple bottom line¡¬ whereon environmental stewardship, economic prosperity, and social responsibility intersect—depends on our ability to integrate diverse interests through unified long-range planning, and to engage and inform policymakers and practitioners about critical interdependent needs; and

WHEREAS, the One Health Initiative4 is the collaborative objective of multiple disciplines, including the American Medical Association (AMA), U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), their international counterparts, and environmental organizations, working locally, nationally, and globally to disseminate information about human health, animal health, and environmental health; and

4 www.onehealthinitiative.com    

WHEREAS, leaders in local government are ideally suited as partners in that responsibility; and

WHEREAS, successful adoption and implementation of the One Health Initiative will be predicated on the leadership, communication skills, and cooperation of its advocates; and

WHEREAS, One Health topics that pertain to local government include the costs and organizational structure of public health services; pandemic preparedness; health education; adaptation to climate change; animal control and vaccination requirements; transportation and land use planning affecting public wellness; water quality protection; waste management; energy choices; food safety and regional food systems; ecological protection, restoration, and monitoring; homeland security and bioterrorism; measures of economic trends and workforce preparedness relative to sustainable practices; health, healthcare costs, and absenteeism of personnel; and

WHEREAS, facilitating communication among increasingly specialized experts will improve health outcomes for communities through increased awareness of connections between climate variability, food production, and infectious diseases; cross-species contagion (zoonoses), and human and animal health conditions; and demands on municipal infrastructure and services; and

WHEREAS, climate change will affect energy costs, the frequency and severity of floods, fires, wind events, heat waves, and other extreme weather conditions; coastal development and building standards; incidence vector-borne illnesses; crop production; habitat loss; endangerment and extinction of species; and human illness; and

WHEREAS, cities 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.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the National League of Cities supports integrated decision-making in the context of the One Health Initiative, and calls on the federal government to adopt legislation and practices that address human health, animal health, and ecological health in an integrated fashion and support local efforts to advance sustainability goals.

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.”

Following the genes: a framework for animal modeling of psychiatric disorders

Kevin J Mitchell, Z Josh Huang, Bita Moghaddam, Akira Sawa

BMC Biology 2011, 9:76 (11 November 2011)

Abstract

The number of individual cases of psychiatric disorders that can be ascribed to identified, rare, single mutations is increasing with great rapidity. Such mutations can be recapitulated in mice to generate animal models with direct etiological validity. Defining the underlying pathogenic mechanisms will require an experimental and theoretical framework to make the links from mutation to altered behavior in an animal or psychopathology in a human. Here, we discuss key elements of such a framework, including cell type-based phenotyping, developmental trajectories, linking circuit properties at micro and macro scales and definition of neurobiological phenotypes that are directly translatable to humans.

Please see more: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/9/76

One Health Newsletter –

Fall Issue Published today –

November 21, 2011

Please See attached PDF and link  http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Environment/medicine/One_Health/OneHealth.html

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

Book review    
Review of "Non-native and invasive ticks - Threats to human and animal health in the United States" by Michael J. Burridge
Sparagano OA
Parasites & Vectors 2011, 4:78 (15 May 2011)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/pdf/1756-3305-4-78.pdf

A One Health Comparative Medicine Research Concern...

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal - Volume 17, Number 11—November 2011

Hepatitis E Virus in Rabbits, Virginia, USA

“...The fact that rabbit HEV appears to be closely related to genotype 3 HEV raises a potential concern for zoonotic infection because genotype 3 HEV from other animal species is known to infect humans (1,2). Therefore, cross-species infection and zoonotic risk for infection with rabbit HEV should be evaluated. ...”

Please Read complete article: http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/11/11-0428_article.htm

Cossaboom CM, Córdoba L, Dryman BA, Meng X-J. Hepatitis E virus in rabbits, Virginia, USA. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2011 Nov [date cited]. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1711.110428

One Health Publications

Courtesy of:  *Clinician's Brief Journal – November 2011 Issue:

·        “Public Health Significance of Toxoplasma” - See attached PDF.

·        Ask the expert...“Checklists: An Answer to Avoiding Mistakes” – See http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/Ask%20the%20Expert_Checklists.pdf

See full November issue: http://www.cliniciansbrief.com/journal

*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 2012 Conference is scheduled for January 14-18, 2012.

Current One Health Supporters with addresses