One Health Publications

North American Veterinary Conference’ *Clinicians Brief Journal (USA) One Health Initiative Capsules      March 2012 issue – Please see attachment or http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/March2012CBOneHealthCapsules.pdf   *Clinician’s Brief, the official Journal of the North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC), adopted support and advocacy of the One Health concept in its October 2011 issue.  The NAVC http://www.navc.com/ conducts a prominent and outstanding yearly meeting in Orlando, Florida (USA).  It is one of the largest veterinary medical continuing education events in the world.  A focus is maintained “on a single goal—providing high quality, practical information to every member of the veterinary [medical] professional team.”    The One Health Initiative team believes Clinician’s Brief to be the only peer reviewed small animal medicine/surgery journal in the world to have adopted and implemented a significant identifiable One Health oriented section (One Health Initiative Capsules) in their monthly publication issues.     Graciously provided by:   Michelle N. Munkres Managing Editor, NAVC Clinician’s Brief http://www.cliniciansbrief.com/ Educational Concepts, LLC 2021 S. Lewis Avenue #760 Tulsa, OK 74104 T: (918) 710-4610 F: (918) 749-1987   One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team: Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP ▪ Bruce Kaplan, DVM ▪ Thomas P. Monath, MD ▪ Jack Woodall, PhD ▪ Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH

Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans in China Peng Zhou, Zhaoguo Chen, Hai-Long Li, Haihong Zheng, Shenyi He, Rui-Qing Lin and Xing-Quan Zhu Open Access: Parasites & Vectors 2011, 4:165 doi:10.1186/1756-3305-4-165 Published: 24 August 2011  “Toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic infection of humans and animals, caused by the opportunistic protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite belonging to the phylum Apicomplexa. Infection in pregnant women may lead to abortion, stillbirth or other serious consequences in newborns. Infection in immunocompromised patients can be fatal if not treated. On average, one third of people are chronically infected worldwide. Although very limited information from China has been published in the English journals, T. gondii infection is actually a significant human health problem in China. In the present article, we reviewed the clinical features, transmission, prevalence of T. gondii infection in humans in China, and summarized genetic characterizations of reported T. gondii isolates. Educating the public about the risks associated with unhealthy food and life style habits, tracking serological examinations to special populations, and measures to strengthen food and occupational safety are discussed.” Read more by clicking here http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/pdf/1756-3305-4-165.pdf or see attachment.

Updated unified nomenclature system for the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses World Health Organization (WHO) - October 2011  “In recent years, a variety of different provisional names have been used to refer to emerging lineages of the currently circulating highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 viruses. As a result, discussion, comparison, and analysis of the various lineages proved difficult. ... “ See more: http://www.who.int/influenza/gisrs_laboratory/h5n1_nomenclature/en/index.html

Worth revisiting...   FREE One Health ‘MedMyst Magazine’ – An Important Unique Educational Publication to assist young people with their early education   Produced by Rice University Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning, Houston, Texas (USA) in partnership with Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases at The University of Texas Medical Branch. Galveston, Texas (USA).   Please see http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/MagDiseaseDiscovery.pdf   Also please explore http://medmyst.rice.edu (many other excellent programs offered for young people.   Copyright 2010 Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning.   Provided by:   Leslie M. Miller, PhD RIce University  713-348-5352

Call for Abstracts/Papers 2013 Conference on “A World united against infectious diseases: cross-sectoral solutions”   2nd International One Health Congress   January 29 – February 2, 2013 Bangkok, Thailand   http://www.pmaconference.mahidol.ac.th/

Reports from the GRF One Health Summit Davos, Switzerland from February 19-23, 2012 Please see: http://grforum.org/pages_new.php/Reports-from-the-One-Health-Summit/1073/1/938/

Economics of One Health   Olga Jonas, Economic Adviser, World Bank   Presentation at GRF One Health Summit 2012 Davos, Switzerland February 19-23, 2012

2012 Annual Meeting - Association of Public Health Laboratories, Inc.  (APHL) May 20–23, 2012 • Westin Hotel • Seattle, WA   One World. One Health Laboratories Safeguarding the World’s Health   Please see http://www.aphl.org/conferences/2012AM/Documents/Prelim_Program_final.pdf

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists The science fiction effect By Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP | 6 February 2012 “Its alive! Neurophysiology. Huddled around a warm fireplace one cold summers night in 1816, a small group of friends decided to hold a competition to see who could write the scariest horror story. While vacationing in a villa by Lake Geneva, Switzerland, the friends spent their time reading ghost stories and discussing the exciting experiment being performed by the scientists of the day: reanimating dead matter. Luigi Galvani, an Italian physician, discovered electric currents in nerves when his assistant, who was standing next to an electrical machine, touched his scalpel to a frogs dissected leg causing it to twitch. Galvani called it animal electricity. ... Please read entire column: http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/columnists/laura-h-kahn/the-science-fiction-effect 

Veterinaria Italiana Journal 2011 - Volume 47 (4), October-December   “The veterinary profession and one medicine: some considerations, with particular reference to Italy”   http://www.izs.it/vet_italiana/2011/47_4/389.htm   http://www.izs.it/vet_italiana/2011/47_4/389.pdf  

North American Veterinary Conference’ *Clinicians Brief Journal (USA) One Health Initiative Capsules    February 2012 issue – Please see attachment   *Clinician’s Brief, the official Journal of the North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC), adopted support and advocacy of the One Health concept in its October 2011 issue.  The NAVC http://www.navc.com/ conducts a prominent and outstanding yearly meeting in Orlando, Florida (USA).  It is one of the largest veterinary medical continuing education events in the world.  A focus is maintained “on a single goal—providing high quality, practical information to every member of the veterinary [medical] professional team.”    The One Health Initiative team believes Clinician’s Brief to be the only peer reviewed small animal medicine/surgery journal in the world to have adopted and implemented a significant identifiable One Health oriented section (One Health Initiative Capsules) in their monthly publication issues.     Graciously provided by:   Michelle N. Munkres Managing Editor, NAVC Clinician’s Brief http://www.cliniciansbrief.com/ Educational Concepts, LLC 2021 S. Lewis Avenue #760 Tulsa, OK 74104 T: (918) 710-4610 F: (918) 749-1987   One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team: Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP ▪ Bruce Kaplan, DVM ▪ Thomas P. Monath, MD ▪ Jack Woodall, PhD ▪ Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH

More One Health in ACTION...Another excellent Huffington Post Column By Lynne Peeples lynne.peeples@huffingtonpost.comFebruary 10, 2012 Bioterrorism Funding Withers As Death Germs Thrive In Labs, Nature Please read http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/10/bioterrorism-bioterror-funding-_n_1263903.html

Improving Food Safety Through One Health: Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies (USA) December 13, 2011 - December 14, 2011 (8:30 AM Eastern) Keck Center (100) • 500 Fifth St. NW, Washington, DC 20001 Please see the audio version to the presentations from our December 2011 Workshop on Improving Food Safety Through One Health . This new addition to the website will allow you to listen to the presentations while viewing the PowerPoint presentations. You can also access the files from the pull-down menus labeled Presentations and Audio on the right-hand side of this website. The agenda can be accessed by visiting the meetings website and clicking Agenda on the right-hand side. http://www.iom.edu/Activities/PublicHealth/MicrobialThreats/2011-DEC-13.aspx?utm_medium=etmail&utm_source=InstituteofMedicine&utm_campaign=2.1.12+Meeting+-+Microbial+Threats&utm_content=ForumonMicrobialThreats&utm_term=Unknown Graciously Provided by: Pamela Bertelson Phone: 202-334-3024 Fax: 202-334-3861 E-mail: pbertelson@nas.edu

PLoS Pathogens   Cross-Species Transmission of a Novel Adenovirus Associated with a Fulminant Pneumonia Outbreak in a New World Monkey Colony Author Summary “Infection from adenoviruses, viruses that cause a variety of illnesses in humans, monkeys, and other animals, has conventionally been thought to be species-specific. We used the Virochip, a microarray designed to detect all viruses, to identify a new species of adenovirus (TMAdV, or titi monkey adenovirus) that caused a deadly outbreak in a colony of New World titi monkeys at the California National Primate Research Center (CNPRC), and also infected a human researcher. One-third of the monkeys developed pneumonia and liver inflammation, and 19 of 23 monkeys died or were humanely euthanized. The unusually high death rate (83%) makes titi monkeys unlikely to be natural hosts for TMAdV, and the genomic sequence of TMAdV revealed that it is very different from any other known adenovirus. The researcher developed an acute respiratory illness at the onset of the outbreak, and was found to be infected by TMAdV by subsequent antibody testing. A clinically ill family member with no prior contact with the CNPRC also tested positive. Further investigation is needed to identify whether TMAdV originated from humans, monkeys, or another animal. The discovery of TMAdV suggests that adenoviruses should be monitored closely as potential causes of cross-species outbreaks.” Please read more http://www.plospathogens.org/article/infodoi10.1371journal.ppat.1002155

World Health Organization:    Antigenic and genetic characteristics of zoonotic influenza viruses and development of candidate vaccine viruses for pandemic preparedness   September 2011   “The development of representative candidate influenza vaccine viruses, coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO), remains an essential component of the overall global strategy for pandemic preparedness. Comparisons of the candidate vaccine viruses with respect to antigenicity and their relationship to newly emerging viruses are ongoing and will be periodically reported by WHO. An update of current and completed vaccine clinical trials can be found on the WHO website1....”   Please read more: http://www.who.int/influenza/resources/documents/2011_09_h5_h9_vaccinevirusupdate.pdf

Review       One Health: the Global Challenge of Epidemic and Endemic Leishmaniasis.   http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/4/1/197   Palatnik-de-Sousa CB, Day MJ   Parasites & Vectors 2011, 4:197 (10 October 2011) [Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed]

Press Release: January 25, 2012     One Health Advocates Have a New Way to Connect On the One Health Commission (OHC) Website - USA   Contact: Dr. Roger Mahr, One Health Commission, 515-294-0572, rkmahr@onehealthcommission.org Connie Scovin, Center for Food Security and Public Health, 860-355-8599, cscovin@iastate.edu   AMES, Iowa – “The One Health Commission, a globally focused organization dedicated to the improved health of people, domestic animals, wildlife, plants and the environment has launched a newly redesigned website where people can share accomplishments and ideas using the One Health approach for global health benefits. The site address is www.onehealthcommission.org. .......”   Please read entire release: http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/OneHealthCommission_Annct_12512.Bdocx.pdf

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Going viral By Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP | 17 January 2012 “Weve been lucky. The avian influenza (H5N1) virus that first emerged in Hong Kong in 1997 -- which killed six and caused 18 serious illnesses -- has not acquired the ability to spread easily from person to person. Virtually all of the reported cases have involved contact with infected birds or bird products. Thus the outbreak required the depopulation of all the chicken farms and poultry markets in the region -- no small project -- in order to stop the outbreak from spreading. ...” Please read entire column at http://thebulletin.org/web-edition/columnists/laura-h-kahn/going-viral

Visionary One Health Training Programs Planned for University of Florida (USA)   Please see video at http://youtu.be/InYc6qB-pKk     “While many organizations call for a cross-disciplinary One Health approach, there are no US degree programs that teach students to lead these complex collaborations.  Comprised of sixteen different health science, engineering, and agriculture colleges, the University of Florida is uniquely positioned with experts in a variety of fields. To address this need and utilize our distinctive capabilities, the Department of Environmental and Global Health is developing several new training programs.  We are seeking approval to establish three new training programs for Fall 2012: ·                                 Master’s of Health Sciences, Environmental Health emphasis (40 credit hours, approval pending) ·                                 PhD in Public Health, One Health emphasis (90 credit hours, approval pending)” http://egh.phhp.ufl.edu/academic-programs/

Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) ... Major gains in efficiency of livestock systems needed   14-12-2011 Intensive production holds key to feeding growing cities, but improvements in natural resource use and environmental performance are crucial   14 December 2011, Rome – “By 2050 an expanded world population will be consuming two thirds more animal protein than it does today, bringing new strains to bear on the planets natural resources, according to a new FAO report published today. ...”   Please read entire article by clicking on this link http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/116937/icode/ or the HTM View. FAO Permission to post granted December 19, 2011.