Diseases in Nature Conference

Diseases in Nature ConferenceDiseases in Nature Conference

John Herbold DVM, MPH, PhD, DACVPM, FACE Center for Biosecurity & Public Health Preparedness

University of Texas School of Public Health

Austin, Texas, June 13th 2007

PreparednessIt’s All One Medicine

[from Agro-Security to BT to Disaster Response to Zoonoses

One WorldOne World

One MedicineOne Medicine

One EcologyOne Ecology

Biological Agents of Interestmany are common in the Southwest

• RabiesRabies• Soil FungiSoil Fungi• Bacillus anthracisBacillus anthracis (anthrax) (anthrax)• Yersinia pestisYersinia pestis (plague) (plague)• Coxiella burnetiiCoxiella burnetii (Q fever) (Q fever)• Francisella tularensisFrancisella tularensis (tularemia) (tularemia)• Vibrio choleraeVibrio cholerae (cholera) (cholera) • WEEWEE• WNVWNV• SLESLE• Venezuelan equine encephalitis Venezuelan equine encephalitis • Viral Hemorrhagic FeversViral Hemorrhagic Fevers• DengueDengue• Ebola AliceEbola Alice• Influenza AInfluenza A• E coli 0157E coli 0157• Botulism (toxins)Botulism (toxins)• Vesicular DiseasesVesicular Diseases• XXXXXXXX

Anthrax Sutton County July 2005

Plague New Mexico

EVENTSEVENTS

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NATURALNATURAL UN-NATURALUN-NATURAL

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

Texas Animal Health Commission

Serving Texas Animal Agriculture Since 1893

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

Zoonotic Disease Risk Assessment-

Integrating Agriculture, Disaster Preparedness and Public Health

Transmission Modalities Animal to human Animal to human to human Animal to vector to human Animal products to human

StakeholdersHuman health sectorAnimal health sectorCross sector entities

Risk ID & ReductionRisk assessmentAwareness & educationPreventionSurveillanceResponsePolicy & legislationResources & infrastructure

REDUCING & MANAGING ZOONOTIC DISEASE RISK

Challenges in Assessing Zoonotic Diseases

3X4X7=84 silos

Who?Who?

What?What?

Where?Where?

When?When?

How?How?

Time to get to work !!!Time to get to work !!!

Community Preparedness…the real common

denominator