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A podcast highlighting key articles in the current issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, a journal from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus for Clinicians-An Overview
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Dr. Gaby Frank, a hospitalist and medical director of Denver Health Hospital Authority's Biocontainment Unit and a professor of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and Candice Hoffmann discuss Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus.By CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
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Norovirus Genogroup IX Outbreaks in Long-Term Care Facilities in Utah, USA [Original Post 11/30/2022]
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BreAnne Osborn, an epidemiologist at the Utah Department of Health in Salt Lake City, and Sarah Gregory discuss outbreaks of norovirus genotype IX in long-term care facilities in Utah.By CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
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Dr. Geraldine Moloney, an infectious diseases physician at Cork University Hospital in Ireland, and Sarah Gregory discuss the transmission of C. difficile in pigs and in people across Europe. [Original Post 10/14/2021]By CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
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Human Melioidosis Caused by Novel Transmission of Pathogen from Freshwater Home Aquarium, United States [Original Post 12/16/2021]
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Dr. Patrick Dawson, an epidemiologist at CDC in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss a case of melioidosis from a freshwater home aquarium in the United States.By CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
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Human Salmonellosis Outbreak Linked to Salmonella Typhimurium Epidemic in Wild Songbirds, United States, 2020-2021
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Dr. Megin Nichols, a veterinary epidemiologist at CDC in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss Salmonella in songbirds and its effect on people.By CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection in Brown Rats (Rattus norvegicus), Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2019-2022
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Dr. Guilherme Verocai, a clinical assistant professor at Texas A&M University, and Sarah Gregory discuss rat lungworm infection in brown rats in Atlanta, Georgia.By CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
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Micro‒Global Positioning Systems for Identifying Nightly Opportunities for Marburg Virus Spillover to Humans by Egyptian Rousette Bats
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Dr. Brian Amman, a disease ecologist at CDC in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss the risk of Marburg virus spillover from Egyptian rousette bats.By CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
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Dr. Farrell Tobolowsky, a CDC FLIGHT fellow in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss Salmonella serotypes associated with illness after the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Reoccurring Escherichia coli O157:H7 Strain Linked to Leafy Greens-Associated Outbreaks, 2016-2019
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Dr. Jessica Chen, a bioinformatician at CDC in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss E. coli O157:H7 strain linked to leafy greens-associated outbreaks.By CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
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Ancestral Origin and Dissemination Dynamics of Reemerging Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae, Haiti
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Dr. J. Glenn Morris, the director of the Emerging Pathogens Institute at the University of Florida, and Sarah Gregory discuss the origin and spread of cholera in Haiti.By CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Clade 2.3.4.4b Infections in Wild Terrestrial Mammals, United States, 2022
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Dr. Betsy Elsmo, an assistant professor of clinical diagnostic veterinary pathology at the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, and Sarah Gregory discuss infections of H5N1 bird flu in wild mammals in the United States.By CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
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Increased Incidence of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Children after COVID-19 Pandemic, England [Original Post 8/25/2022]
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Dr. Shamez Ladhani, a pediatric infectious disease consultant at the UK Health Security Agency in London, and Sarah Gregory discuss an increase of invasive pneumococcal disease in children after the COVID-19 pandemic in England.By CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
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Global Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Equipment Management and Sustainability and Implications for Pandemic Preparedness Priorities [Original Post 7/19/2023]
Jennifer Lasley, a senior program manager at the World Organisation for Animal Health in Paris, France, and Sarah Gregory discuss global veterinary diagnostic laboratory equipment and their implications for pandemic preparedness.
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Rat Hepatitis E Virus in Norway Rats, Ontario, Canada, 2018-2021
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Dr. Sarah Robinson, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Guelph, and Sarah Gregory discuss hepatitis E virus in Norway rats in Ontario, Canada.By CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Outbreak in New England Seals, United States [Original Post 5/17/2023]
Dr. Wendy Puryear, a virologist at The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, and Sarah Gregory discuss the spillover of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) into New England seals in the northeastern United States.
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Human Neural Larva Migrans Caused by Ophidascaris robertsi Ascarid
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Dr. Mehrab Hossain, an infectious disease physician in Australia, and Sarah Gregory discuss a case of human neural larva migrans caused by the ascarid Ophidascaris robertsi.By CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
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Prospecting for Zoonotic Pathogens by Using Targeted DNA Enrichment
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Dr. Elisha Enabulele, a postdoctoral research associate at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, and Sarah Gregory discuss using targeted DNA enrichment to look for zoonotic pathogens in museum samples.By CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
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A Worm's Eye View [Original Post 10/25/2018]
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Ben Taylor, cover artist for the August 2018 issue of EID, discusses how his personal experience with the Loa loa parasite influenced this painting.By CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
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