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Diseases in Nature Conference

Join the conference on diseases in nature and learn about agro-security, BT, disaster response, and zoonoses. Discuss challenges of zoonotic diseases and risk reduction strategies.

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Diseases in Nature Conference

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  1. Diseases in Nature Conference Preparedness It’s All One Medicine [from Agro-Security to BT to Disaster Response to Zoonoses Austin, Texas, June 13th 2007 John Herbold DVM, MPH, PhD, DACVPM, FACE Center for Biosecurity & Public Health Preparedness University of Texas School of Public Health

  2. One World One Medicine One Ecology

  3. Biological Agents of Interestmany are common in the Southwest • Rabies • Soil Fungi • Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) • Yersinia pestis (plague) • Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) • Francisella tularensis (tularemia) • Vibrio cholerae (cholera) • WEE • WNV • SLE • Venezuelan equine encephalitis • Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers • Dengue • Ebola Alice • Influenza A • E coli 0157 • Botulism (toxins) • Vesicular Diseases • XXXX

  4. Anthrax Sutton County July 2005

  5. Plague New Mexico

  6. EVENTS NATURAL UN-NATURAL UNINTENTIONAL INTENTIONAL

  7. It’s Not Just Medicine & Public Health...

  8. “Orderly World” View- Industry Biosecurity, Laboratory Surveillance & Quality Assurance

  9. Zoonotic Disease Risk Assessment-Integrating Agriculture, Disaster Preparedness and Public Health

  10. REDUCING & MANAGING ZOONOTIC DISEASE RISK Challenges in Assessing Zoonotic Diseases • Stakeholders • Human health sector • Animal health sector • Cross sector entities 3X4X7= 84 silos Transmission Modalities • Animal to human • Animal to human to human • Animal to vector to human • Animal products to human • Risk ID & Reduction • Risk assessment • Awareness & education • Prevention • Surveillance • Response • Policy & legislation • Resources & infrastructure

  11. Time to get to work !!! Who? What? Where? When? How?

  12. Community Preparedness…the real common denominator

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