• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • I'm Loretta Jackson Brown and I'm representing the Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity - COCA - with the Emergency Risk Communication Branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • Dr. Dana Meaney-Delman is a senior medical advisor in the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • Dr. Cynthia Moore is a director of the Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • Al-Bustan M. Infectious and parasitic disease mortality in Kuwait and the role of health education. (health.mil)
  • Dengue is currently the most important vector-borne viral disease afflicting humanity, in terms of both morbidity and mortality (1, 2). (cdc.gov)
  • Certain infectious diseases such as multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB, meningococcal meningitis, and botulism warrant prompt detection of all cases because they cause substantial morbidity and mortality, require specific public health interventions, or may signal a potential outbreak. (cdc.gov)
  • Questions are limited to clinicians who would like information related to Zika virus disease. (cdc.gov)
  • 1) describe the epidemiology, clinical manifestation, management and prevention of Zika virus disease, 2) discuss diagnostic testing for Zika virus infection and interpretation of test results, 3) articulate the importance of early recognition and reporting of cases, 4) state the recommendations for pregnant women and possible Zika virus exposure, and 5) discuss evaluation of infants with microcephaly and relationship of Zika in microcephaly. (cdc.gov)
  • BACKGROUND: After Zika virus (ZIKV) emerged in the Americas, laboratory-based surveillance for arboviral diseases in Puerto Rico was adapted to include ZIKV disease. (bvsalud.org)
  • METHODS AND FINDINGS: Suspected cases of arboviral disease reported to Puerto Rico Department of Health were tested for evidence of infection with Zika, dengue, and chikungunya viruses by RT-PCR and IgM ELISA. (bvsalud.org)
  • We combined multiple data sources to improve estimates of ZIKV infection attack rates (IARs), reporting rates of Zika virus disease (ZVD) and the risk of ZIKV-associated NC for 28 capital cities in Colombia. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • To describe spatiotemporal trends among confirmed ZIKV disease cases, we analyzed the relationship between municipality-level socio-demographic, climatic, and spatial factors, and both time to detection of the first ZIKV disease case and the midpoint of the outbreak. (bvsalud.org)
  • 1.1 cases per 100 residents) tested positive for ZIKV infection. (bvsalud.org)
  • The epidemic peaked in August 2016, when 71.5% of arboviral disease cases reported weekly tested positive for ZIKV infection. (bvsalud.org)
  • Incidence of ZIKV disease was highest among 20-29-year-olds (1.6 cases per 100 residents), and most (62.3%) cases were female. (bvsalud.org)
  • Although the majority of ZIKV infections are asymptomatic, the virus has been associated with congenital birth defects and neurological complications (NC) in adults. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • The estimated ZVD reporting rate was 0.013 (95% CrI: 0.004-0.024), and 0.51 (95% CrI: 0.17-0.92) cases of ZIKV-associated NC were estimated to be reported per 10 000 ZIKV infections. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • BACKGROUND: We recently introduced a system of partial differential equations (PDEs) to model the prevalence of chronic diseases with a possibly prolonged state of asymptomatic, undiagnosed disease preceding a diagnosis. (cdc.gov)
  • To demonstrate the usefulness and importance of the system, we model the age-specific prevalence of hypertension in the US 1999-2010. (cdc.gov)
  • Al-Nakib W, Llovd G. El-Mekki A, Plan G, Beeson A, Southee T. Preliminary report on arbovirus-antibody prevalence among patients in Kuwait: evidence of Congo/Crimean virus infection. (health.mil)
  • Understanding geographical variation in age-prevalence profiles and force-of-infection (FoI) estimates will inform intervention designs across settings. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • She has 5 years of subject matter expertise in applied epidemiology in arboviral disease surveillance. (cdc.gov)
  • The increased disease incidence, combined with the increased frequency of epidemic dengue caused by multiple virus serotypes, has increased the risk of epidemic DHF. (cdc.gov)
  • Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Clinical Practice. (health.mil)
  • Serologic evidence of dengue fever among refugees, Hargeyeasa, Somalia. (health.mil)
  • This strongly suggests that if there is no effective intervention, the disease pattern associated with dengue in the Americas has the potential to evolve as it did in Southeast Asia, resulting in major epidemics of severe and fatal hemorrhagic disease. (cdc.gov)
  • Clinical and serologic responses of volunteers infected with phlebotomus fever virus (Sicilian type). (health.mil)
  • and projects future health care needs.67,68 In addition to monitoring and identifying needed public health responses for known infectious diseases, a well-functioning surveillance system maintains vigilance for emerging infectious diseases. (cdc.gov)
  • In keeping with this mission, CDC has strategic plans that address certain specific infectious disease threats, including HIV/AIDS, TB, STDs, and selected vaccine-preventable diseases. (cdc.gov)
  • It also embodies CDC's mission to prevent and control infectious disease, and addresses high priority infectious diseases in disadvantaged populations and underserved minorities, women, and children. (cdc.gov)
  • National infectious disease surveillance systems form the foundation of our ability to know and track the routine. (cdc.gov)
  • State and local public health authorities, other infectious disease experts, and CDC will reexamine currently reportable diseases, establish criteria for making a disease reportable, and explore ways to enhance rapid reporting of cases from clinical laboratories and health care practitioners. (cdc.gov)
  • and emerging diseases necessitate the ongoing assessment of vaccine development priorities (e.g., pneumococcal disease in children, respiratory syncytial virus [RSV] pneumonia, malaria). (cdc.gov)
  • In the US, the most common types of viral hepatitis are hepatitis A, B, and C. While each can produce similar symptoms, each hepatitis virus affects the liver differently, has different routes of transmission and infection, and typically affects different populations. (cdc.gov)
  • Lack of effective mosquito control and increasing urbanization in most parts of tropical America have placed extensive vector mosquito infestations in close contact with large human populations, providing ideal conditions for mosquito-borne disease transmission. (cdc.gov)
  • The CDC plan described below contains four critical goals that address specific IOM recommendations in the context of a broader vision for revitalizing our nation's ability to detect, contain, and most importantly, prevent the emerging infectious diseases that threaten populations both here and abroad. (cdc.gov)
  • In her career at CDC, she has focused on the development of evidence-based clinical guidelines for infectious diseases. (cdc.gov)
  • We describe clinical, histologic, and immunohistochemical findings in individuals who died following chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection. (bvsalud.org)
  • Objective I-A. Expand and coordinate surveillance systems for the early detection, tracking, and evaluation of emerging infections in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • Improve surveillance for reportable infectious diseases by reevaluating current reporting mechanisms and requirements and providing technical and financial assistance to state health departments. (cdc.gov)
  • This study sought peer-reviewed evidence on the effectiveness, acceptability, feasibility, and sustainability of risk reduction interventions for zoonotic and nonzoonotic disease emergence in the wildlife trade. (bioone.org)
  • In 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) set the elimination of Chagas disease intradomiciliary vectorial transmission as a goal by 2020. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Case-fatality rates associated with early DHF epidemics were as high as 30-40%, and in Southeast Asian countries where the disease has become endemic it is one of the leading causes of hospitalization and death among children (4). (cdc.gov)
  • Infection by Taenia solium poses a major burden across endemic countries. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) 2021-2030 Neglected Tropical Diseases roadmap has proposed that 30% of endemic countries achieve intensified T. solium control in hyperendemic areas by 2030. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Influenza pneumonia: Amantadine hydrochloride and rimantadine hydrochloride are approved for the prevention and treatment of influenza A virus infection. (medscape.com)
  • This article describes a program developed to cope with this situation that emphasizes disease prevention rather than general mosquito control measures. (cdc.gov)
  • The CDC Prevention Strategy The mission of CDC is to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability. (cdc.gov)
  • Strengthened efforts in the prevention and control of emerging infectious diseases will complement and improve the effectiveness of current efforts in HIV/AIDS, TB, STDs, and immunizations as well as other important infectious diseases. (cdc.gov)
  • DeFraites RF, Wanat ER, Norwood AE, Williams S, Cowan D, Callahan T. Investigation of a Suspected Outbreak of an Unknown Disease Among Veterans of Operation Desert Shield/Storm, 123rd Army Reserve Command, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, April 1992. (health.mil)
  • In 2009, the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) published a detailed description of 68 infectious agents capable of being transmitted by blood transfusion and prioritizing emerging infectious diseases for which there was not yet an implemented intervention. (medscape.com)
  • The concept of disease emergence has important implications for each of these. (cdc.gov)
  • Goals and Objectives Goal I Detect, promptly investigate, and monitor emerging pathogens, the diseases they cause, and the factors influencing their emergence. (cdc.gov)
  • The wildlife trade has been characterized as one of the biggest risk factors in the emergence of new infectious diseases. (bioone.org)
  • The two diseases account for about a million deaths a year and 78 percent of world's hepatocellular carcinoma and more than half of all fatal cirrhosis. (cdc.gov)
  • CHIKV infection likely caused fatal septic shock in 2 patients. (bvsalud.org)
  • Most importantly, implementation of this plan will help the public health system identify, control, and prevent new, emerging, and drug-resistant diseases before they cause widespread epidemics, thereby reducing the cost of infectious diseases and improving the health and welfare of all Americans. (cdc.gov)
  • Depending on the virulence of the organism, as well as the age and comorbidities of the patient, viral pneumonia can vary from a mild, self-limited illness to a life-threatening disease. (medscape.com)
  • Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most frequent cause of lower respiratory tract infection in infants and children and the second most common viral cause of pneumonia in adults. (medscape.com)
  • Parainfluenza virus (PIV) is second in importance only to RSV as a cause of lower respiratory tract disease in children and pneumonia and bronchiolitis in infants younger than 6 months. (medscape.com)
  • Assessment of arthropod vectors of infectious diseases in areas of U.S. troop deployment in the Persian Gulf. (health.mil)
  • public health perspective (as a potential source of virus for human infections) and the animal health perspective. (cdc.gov)
  • OBJECTIVES: To estimate change in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) disease and the economic burden associated with comprehensive treatment of the chronic HCV-infected Medicaid population. (cdc.gov)
  • Firstly, local seroprevalence information is used to estimate spatio-temporal trends in the Force-of-Infection (FoI). (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Finally, predicted FoI values are used to estimate disease burden based on a disease progression model. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • It is a quite different task to accumulate evidence on the presence of pathogens, their locations in the supply chain, and their spillover to new hosts than to identify effective ways to prevent and mitigate emerging disease under real-world conditions. (bioone.org)
  • Importance: Individuals with prediabetes are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and cardiovascular disease. (cdc.gov)
  • We present a modelling pipeline using local seroprevalence data to obtain national disease burden estimates by disease stage. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • An important concept in the evaluation of data regarding transfusion-transmitted bacterial infections (TTBIs) is the definition of a case. (medscape.com)
  • Nine had severe comorbidities (eg, chronic heart or kidney disease, sickle cell anemia) or coinfection (eg, leptospirosis). (bvsalud.org)
  • Blood transfusion has been and continues to be a possible source of disease transmission. (medscape.com)
  • Despite the potential for disease transmission through transfused blood, the safety of the blood supply in the United States continues to improve and, in fact, is the greatest that it has ever been. (medscape.com)
  • Common examples for such diseases include coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes or cancer. (cdc.gov)
  • In those areas where physicians have a high awareness of the disease and have been trained to diagnose and treat DHF, case-fatality rates are generally below 5% (4). (cdc.gov)
  • Division of Control of Tropical Diseases. (health.mil)
  • Adolescents and young adults with prediabetes also present an unfavorable cardiometabolic risk profile, putting them both at increased risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. (cdc.gov)
  • Dr. Rabe is a medical epidemiologist in the Division of Vector-Borne Disease at CDC. (cdc.gov)
  • To provide the vigilance and rapid response required to effectively address emerging infectious diseases, significant improvements in public health policy, program design, and infrastructure are needed. (cdc.gov)
  • Treatment saves lives, prevents ongoing spread, and can save costs by stopping the disease from progressing. (cdc.gov)