November 2022 ZOHU Call

Presentations:

Welder’s Anthrax: An Emerging Occupational Disease
Marie A. de Perio, MD
Senior Medical Advisor 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health  
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
mdeperio@cdc.gov  

Summary of Possible Multistate Enteric (Intestinal) Disease Outbreaks in 2017-2020
Kaylea Nemechek, MPH 
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Epidemiologist
Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
qom4@cdc.gov  

Hookworm Resistance: Clinical & Research Updates
Jeba Jesudoss Chelladurai, BVSc, MS, PhD, DACVM 
Assistant Professor (Parasitology) 
Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine 
jebaj@vet.k-state.edu   
AND 
Pablo D. Jimenez Castro, DVM, PhD
Field Veterinary Specialist (Parasitology)
Zoetis Inc.
pablo.jimenezcastro@zoetis.com  

Resources

Welder’s Anthrax: An Emerging Occupational Disease 

• Welder’s Anthrax: A Review of an Occupational Disease
• Epidemiologic Investigation of Two Welder’s Anthrax Cases Caused by Bacillus cereus Group Bacteria: Occupational Link Established by Environmental Detection

Summary of Possible Multistate Enteric (Intestinal) Disease Outbreaks in 2017-2020 

• Summary of Possible Multistate Enteric (Intestinal) Disease Outbreaks in 2017-2020
• Summary of Possible Multistate Enteric (Intestinal) Disease Outbreaks in 2016

Hookworm Resistance: Clinical & Research Update 

• Multiple drug resistance in hookworms infecting greyhound dogs in the USA

Overall series objectives:

1. Identify an implication for human, animal, and environmental health.
2. Identify a One Health approach strategy for prevention of public health threats. 
3. Identify a One Health approach strategy for detection of public health threats. 
4. Identify a One Health approach strategy for responding to public health threats. 
5. List two ways to improve collaborative practice across the public healthcare team.

Disclosures:

In compliance with continuing education requirements, all presenters must disclose any financial or other associations with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or product(s) under investigational use. 

CDC, our planners, presenters, and their spouses/partners wish to disclose they have no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters. 

The planning committee reviewed content to ensure there is no bias. 

The presentations will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use. 

CDC did not accept commercial support for this activity.