One Health Publications

Commentary Paleoclimate and bubonic plague: a forewarning of future risk? Anthony J McMichael National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Building 62, Mills Road, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia BMC Biology 010, 8:108doi:10.1186/1741-7007-8-108 The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/8/108  Received: 23 August 2010 Accepted: 25 August 2010 Published: 27 August 2010 © 2010 McMichael; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Pandemics of bubonic plague have occurred in Eurasia since the sixth century AD. Climatic variations in Central Asia affect the population size and activity of the plague bacteriums reservoir rodent species, influencing the probability of human infection. Using innovative time-series analysis of surrogate climate records spanning 1,500 years, a study in BMC Biology concludes that climatic fluctuations may have influenced these pandemics. This has potential implications for health risks from future climate change. See research article http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/8/112 webcite

Eurosurveillance, Volume 15, Issue 33, 19 August 2010 News Report published on factors contributing to the spread of Campylobacter in the European Union Eurosurveillance editorial team ( )1 1.        European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) recently published a report on factors that may contribute to the spread of Campylobacter in live chickens and chicken carcasses. The findings of the report [1], based on an European Union (EU)-wide survey [2] will provide the basis for further work by scientific experts to investigate further how Campylobacter-contaminated chicken meat affects the levels of human campylobacteriosis. READ MORE: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19641

Vetsweb.com - 24 Aug 2010   A good One Health idea for Veterinary Medicine borrowed from human medical research? Viral inhibitors: an additional tool to control classical swine fever http://www.vetsweb.com/background/viral-inhibitors-an-additional-tool-to-control-classical-swine-fever-1384.html

The Summer issue of the One Health Newsletter is now posted online.    http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Environment/medicine/One_Health/OneHealth.html

Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal – U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Volume 16, Number 8–August 2010 Conference Summary One Health Approach to Influenza: Assessment of Critical Issues and Options1 Thomas F. Powdrill, Terry L. Nipp, and Jennifer L. Rinderknecht Author affiliation: Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA A task force of experts on influenza, public health, and animal health met at the conference One Health Approach to Influenza: Assessment of Critical Issues and Options in Washington, DC, on December 1–2, 2009. These experts discussed the role of the One Health approach in preparing for and responding to an influenza pandemic or other emerging zoonotic disease by using pandemic (H1N1) 2009 as a case study. The meeting was convened by the US Department of Homeland Security National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense, and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/National Institutes of Health Western Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases. The One Health concept is the realization that human, animal, and environmental health are interrelated. In practice, it is imperative to implement a One Health approach to high-consequence zoonotic diseases. Although pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus has primarily affected humans (with some documented human-to-animal transmission), the genesis of this circulating human virus involved reassortment of viral genomic segments from human, porcine, and avian influenza virus lineages. The task force focused on 4 topics: 1) epidemiology and surveillance, 2) transmission dynamics, 3) immunobiology and vaccines, and 4) molecular approaches and pathobiology.  READ MORE: http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/16/8/e1.htm

“Cooperation between animal and human health sectors is key to the detection, surveillance, and control of emerging disease”: IMED 2007 meeting in Vienna, February 2007.   Eurosurveillance, Volume 11, Issue 51, 21 December 2006   By Larry Madoff, MD      Editor, ProMED-mail      Associate Professor of Medicine      Harvard Medical School      Boston, MA   http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=3101 Regrettably, despite this knowledge, and many dramatic recent examples such as Ebola virus, Lyme disease and SARS, the worlds of veterinary medicine and human health, including public health, remain quite separate. Schools and other training institutions, healthcare facilities, NGOs, public health agencies at all administrative levels, professional and scientific organisations, and journals nearly all remain segregated by their interests in either human medical or veterinary medical health. One of the rare examples that consistently deals with both is ProMED-mail...  August 19, 2010   John (Jack) Woodall, PhD, Director (retd.)Nucleus for the Investigation of Emerging Infectious Diseases Institute of Medical Biochemistry Center for Health Sciences Federal University Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Dr. Woodall, a viral epidemiologist, is a co-founder and associate editor of ProMED-mail, the outbreak early warning system online of the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases of the International Society for Infectious Diseases. He became the contents manager/editor of the ProMED-mail section in the Kahn-Kaplan-Monath-Woodall One Health Initiative website http://www.onehealthinitiative.com in February 2009.

PloS Pathogens – Open Access   Citation: Yamada S, Hatta M, Staker BL, Watanabe S, Imai M, et al. (2010) Biological and Structural Characterization of a Host-Adapting Amino Acid in Influenza Virus. PLoS Pathog 6(8): e1001034. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1001034   Biological and Structural Characterization of a Host-Adapting Amino Acid in Influenza Virus Author Summary Influenza viruses that originate from avian species likely have to acquire adapting amino acid changes to replicate efficiently in mammals. Two amino acid changes in the polymerase PB2 protein—a glutamic acid to lysine change at position 627 or an aspartic acid to asparagine change at position 701—are known to allow influenza viruses of avian origin to replicate efficiently in mammals. Interestingly, the pandemic H1N1 viruses (which possess an avian-like PB2 gene) do not encode the ‘human-type’ amino acids PB2-627K and PB2-701N. Here, we report that a basic amino acid at position 591 of PB2 can compensate for the lack of PB2-627K and allows efficient replication of highly pathogenic H5N1 and pandemic H1N1 viruses in mammalian species. We also present the X-ray crystal structure of the C-terminal portion of a pandemic H1N1 PB2 protein. The basic amino acid at position 591 fills a distinctive cleft found in the PB2 proteins of H5N1 viruses. We also speculate on the biological significance of the altered surface of the H1N1 PB2 protein.  READ MORE: http://www.plospathogens.org/article/infodoi10.1371journal.ppat.1001034

  Veterinaria Italiana Journal 2010 – Volume 46(2), April-June   Emerging diseases and implications for Millennium Development Goals in Africa by 2015 – an overview   Tagang Aluwong & Mohammed Bello     http://www.izs.it/vet_italiana/2010/46_2/137.htm

REMINDER:   1st International One Health Congress February 2011   Victoria, Australia   Registration Now Open and Available online - See Attached Brochure for Details:   http://www.onehealth2011.com/email/index2.htm

Prominent USA One Health Advocates *Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP, James H. Steele, DVM, MPH, and Roger K. Mahr, DVM at American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Convention – Atlanta, GA (USA), July 31 – August 3, 2010 *Please see attached photo: Veterinarian Dr. James H. Steele (seated), among many other achievements in public health, is credited with establishing the veterinary public health division of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and was instrumental in the founding of the American Veterinary Epidemiology Society (AVES).  As previously reported, Dr. Laura H. Kahn (standing to the left), a noted physician who works as a research scholar in the Program on Science and Global Security in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey (USA) was awarded an honorary AVES diploma.  Dr. Kahn is internationally known for her numerous One Health publications.  She is a popular and sought after public speaker on the subject.    Veterinarian Dr. Roger K. Mahr, a former AVMA President and currently the CEO of the One Health Commission (USA) was also presented with an honorary AVES diploma (standing to the right).  

ANNOUNCEMENT AND INVITATION - One Health Bangladesh   8th Annual Scientific Conference of the Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU)   “Networking for Promoting Change Towards One World One Health”   Please see attachment for details

Notable One Health Advocates *Drs. Paul L. Nicoletti and Lisa A. Conti Receive Prestigious Awards at American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Convention – Atlanta, GA (USA), July 31 – August 3, 2010 Paul L. Nicoletti, DVM, MS, Professor emeritus, University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine received the Karl F. Meyer—James H. Steele Gold Head Cane Award, for advancing human health through veterinary epidemiology and public health at the 147th AVMA annual convention in Atlanta, GA (USA).  Dr. Nicoletti was credited for contributing to the control of brucellosis working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and United Nations as well as the University of Florida.   Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH, Director, Florida Department of Health’s Division of Environmental Health received the AVMA Public Service Award.  Dr. Conti was noted for working with various groups in Florida to protect the public from diseases mediated through environmental processes and serving as Floridas state public health veterinarian and teaching pathobiology at the University of Floridas College of Veterinary Medicine.  She was also awarded an honorary Diploma from the American Veterinary Epidemiology Society (AVES).  The Diploma is for “Distinguished Service and Contribution to the progress of public health.  Her efforts and vision, compassion and understanding, desire and energy, have advanced Veterinary Public Health and research.  Her counsel and advice have been of great value to her country.” -*Please see attached photo of Drs. Nicoletti and Conti while attending the convention-

Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP Receives Honorary Diploma from Thé American Veterinary Epidemiology Society   August 3, 2010 – Atlanta, GA … Dr. Laura H. Kahn was awarded an honorary Diploma from The American Veterinary Epidemiology Society (AVES) at the 147th American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Annual Convention.   The Diploma is for “Distinguished Service and Contribution to the progress of public health.  Her efforts and vision, compassion and understanding, desire and energy, have advanced Veterinary Public Health and research.  Her counsel and advice have been of great value to her country.”   Dr. Kahn is a prominent international authority and spokesperson for the One Health concept.  She has published numerous articles on the subject and is a widely sought after speaker.     Please see photo attached: Dr. Kahn is being presented the award by the current President of AVES, George W. Beran, DVM, PhD.  Dr. Beran is a distinguished Professor and zoonotic disease expert at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.  

SiFy NEWS   Cutting fat, calories ‘can reduce cancer risk in dogs and humans’   July 24, 2010   A new research has revealed that as many as 1 out of 3 cancer deaths in both humans and dogs could be prevented by reducing Omega-6 fatty acids and cutting calories.  READ MORE:   http://sify.com/news/cutting-fat-calories-can-reduce-cancer-risk-in-dogs-and-humans-news-international-khyp4dgefjj.html

    U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) -  Morbidity and Mortality Report   December 24, 2004 /53(50);1171-1173 Recovery of a Patient from Clinical Rabies --- Wisconsin, 2004 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5350a1.htm

  NEWKERALA.COM, United States   Dogs could help curtail Chagas disease   London, July 13, 2010: A new study says that although dogs are the one of the main carriers of the Chagas disease parasite, they can also help health officials monitor the disease…   http://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-145733.html

Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations   FAO News release - July 26, 2010   Improved disease prevention in animal health could save billions of dollars     One Health approach to more efficiently combat new pathogens is gaining strength  26 July 2010, Rome - Governments could save billions of dollars by stepping up the prevention and control of high impact animal diseases, some of which pose a direct threat to human health, FAO said today.  … READ MORE     http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/44327/icode/   Contact:Erwin NorthoffMedia Relations (Rome)(+39) 06 570 53105(+39) 348 25 23 616erwin.northoff@fao.org

Hospitals & Health Networks   One Health By David Ollier Weber   “The little girl was 2 years old and suffering from a condition rarely encountered in human beings: congenital portosystemic shunt. Its a vascular abnormality that allows blood from the intestines to bypass the liver, thus escaping the filtration process that protects the body against the circulation of toxins. Confronted with this unusual and potentially fatal birth defect, the surgeon duly prepped by searching the medical literature. …”  Read more:   http://www.hhnmag.com/hhnmag_app/jsp/articledisplay.jsp?dcrpath=HHNMAG/Article/data/01JAN2010/100125HHN_Weekly_Weber&domain=HHNMAG

One Health Article Appears in International Innovation Magazine: Research Media Ltd.   http://www.research-europe.com/   The One Health concept was elucidated in a Question and Answer piece that was recently widely distributed online and in a hard copy format through International Innovation magazine, published June 2010.   Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP, a prominent member of this One Health Initiative team and a recognized leader in the international One Health movement gave a significant and thoughtful One Health interview:    Please view the accompanying PDF and see the link below…   http://www.research-europe.com/index.php/2010/07/dr-laura-kahn-on-the-one-health-initiative/   Note: The entire magazine may also be viewed via the following link:   http://www.research-europe.com/magazine/HEALTHCARE/JUN10/pageflip.html   Please register on the Research Media website to gain full access to the entire publication, this is free and quick with your registration being approved within 24 hours.  

Thé Jenner Vaccine Foundation Newsletter   Please see PDF View:  Jenner Vaccine Foundation News - Issue 2/May 2010   One Health Initiative Referenced (scroll down to page 7)   http://www.jennervaccinefoundation.org/    The Foundation seeks to enhance philanthropic support of vaccinology and is currently evaluating options for enhanced fundraising activities. The Foundation currently supports vaccine research and development through the Jenner Institute. The Foundation Board appoints the Director of the Institute, elects Jenner Investigators (currently numbering 24) and has funded space and facilities for vaccine research and development. The Foundation actively supports enhanced collaborative interactions between researchers at the Institute for Animal Health working on veterinary vaccines and those at Oxford University developing new vaccines for human use.  The Foundation has also provided support for scientists from the former Edward Jenner Institute for Vaccine Research to continue their work as part of the Jenner Institute. The Foundation draws Trustees from both Oxford University and the Institute for Animal Health (the two Partners in the charity) and has an external chair and three further independent trustees. Note: The One Health team of the One Health Initiative website considers the Jenner Vaccine Foundation to be a model for the application of One Health principles.  More expeditious and efficacious results for humans and animals are the most likely outcome following the use of such practice.    “One Health is the collaborative efforts of multiple disciplines working locally, nationally, and globally to attain optimal health for people, animals, plants and our environment.” “One Health implementation will help protect and/or save untold millions of lives in our generation and for those to come.”