Podcasts by Emerging Infectious Diseases
A podcast highlighting key articles in the current issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, a journal from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection in Brown Rats (Rattus norvegicus), Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2019-2022 from 2023-12-08T14:14
Dr. Guilherme Verocai, a clinical assistant professor at Texas A&M University, and Sarah Gregory discuss rat lungworm infection in brown rats in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Micro‒Global Positioning Systems for Identifying Nightly Opportunities for Marburg Virus Spillover to Humans by Egyptian Rousette Bats from 2023-11-30T16:45
Dr. Brian Amman, a disease ecologist at CDC in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss the risk of Marburg virus spillover from Egyptian rousette bats.
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Salmonella in Thanksgiving Turkey, 1998-2018 [Original Post 1/26/2022] from 2023-11-22T13:00
Dr. Farrell Tobolowsky, a CDC FLIGHT fellow in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss Salmonella serotypes associated with illness after the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Reoccurring Escherichia coli O157:H7 Strain Linked to Leafy Greens-Associated Outbreaks, 2016-2019 from 2023-11-15T19:25
Dr. Jessica Chen, a bioinformatician at CDC in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss E. coli O157:H7 strain linked to leafy greens-associated outbreaks.
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Ancestral Origin and Dissemination Dynamics of Reemerging Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae, Haiti from 2023-11-08T19:15
Dr. J. Glenn Morris, the director of the Emerging Pathogens Institute at the University of Florida, and Sarah Gregory discuss the origin and spread of cholera in Haiti.
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Increased Incidence of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Children after COVID-19 Pandemic, England [Original Post 8/25/2022] from 2023-11-02T15:02
Dr. Shamez Ladhani, a pediatric infectious disease consultant at the UK Health Security Agency in London, and Sarah Gregory discuss an increase of invasive pneumococcal disease in children after th...
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Effects of Tick-Control Interventions on Ticks, Tickborne Diseases in New York Neighborhoods from 2022-04-27T18:25
Dr. Felicia Keesing, a David&Rosalie Rose Distinguished Professor of the Sciences, Mathematics, and Computing at Bard College in New York, and Sarah Gregory discuss the effects of tick control inte...
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Heartland Virus from Lone Star Ticks, Georgia, USA, 2019 from 2022-04-20T17:38
Dr. Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec, an associate professor of environmental sciences at Emory University in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss the presence of Heartland virus in lone star ticks in Georgia.
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Laboratory Induced Heartland Virus from Asian Longhorn Ticks from 2022-04-14T10:05
Dr. Meghan Hermance, an assistant professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of South Alabama, and Sarah Gregory discuss infection and transmission of Heartland virus in ticks in a ...
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Sentinel Surveillance Shows Novel Hendra Virus in Horses in Australia from 2022-03-31T16:22
Dr. Edward Annand, an equine veterinarian epidemiologist and a research associate at the University of Sydney School of Veterinary Science in Australia, and Sarah Gregory discuss the detection of a...
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Neutralizing Enterovirus D68 Antibodies in Children after 2014 Outbreak, Kansas City, Missouri from 2022-03-23T19:17
Dr. Christopher Harrison, a pediatric infectious disease specialist and professor of pediatrics at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, and Sarah Gregory discuss neutralizing enterov...
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Decrease in TB Cases during 2020, United States from 2022-03-16T18:27
Dr. Kathryn Winglee, a statistician at CDC in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss a decrease in TB cases during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Overseas Treatment of Latent TB Infection in US-Bound Immigrants from 2022-03-09T18:30
Dr. Amera Khan, a technical officer at the Stop TB Partnership in Geneva, Switzerland, and Sarah Gregory discuss treatment of latent TB among US-bound immigrants in Vietnam.
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Rising Incidence of Legionnaires' Disease, United States, 1992-2018 from 2022-03-03T17:47
Albert Barskey, an epidemiologist at CDC in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss the increase of Legionnaires' disease within the United States.
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Viral Interference between Respiratory Viruses from 2022-02-23T18:42
Dr. Guy Boivin, an infectious disease specialist and the head of the virology laboratory at the Research Center in Infectious Diseases at Laval University in Quebec, Canada, and Sarah Gregory discu...
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West Nile Virus Transmission by Solid Organ Transplantation from 2022-02-16T19:28
Dr. Raymond Soto, an EIS officer at CDC in Fort Collins, Colorado, and Sarah Gregory discuss transmission of West Nile virus through solid organ transplantation.
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Public Willingness to Pay for Mosquito Control, Texas from 2022-02-09T17:57
Dr. Katherine Dickinson, an assistant professor of environmental and occupational health in the Colorado School of Public Health, and Sarah Gregory discuss public willingness to pay for mosquito co...
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Drug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Medical Tourism from the United States to Mexico from 2022-02-02T19:24
Dr. Cal Ham, a medical officer at CDC in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss extensively drug-resistant infections linked to medical tourism from the United States to Mexico.
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Salmonella in Thanksgiving Turkey, 1998-2018 from 2022-01-26T21:38
Dr. Farrell Tobolowsky, a CDC FLIGHT fellow in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss Salmonella serotypes associated with illness after the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Mycoplasma bovis Outbreak in Pronghorns-Wyoming (Re-post) from 2022-01-19T13:10
This podcast is a rerun of a December 2020 conversation with Dr. Kerry Sondgeroth, a veterinary bacteriologist at the Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory and an associate professor at the Universit...
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Isolation Cocoon, May 2020-After Zhuangzi's Butterfly Dream (Repost) from 2022-01-11T16:43
This is a repost of the May 2021 conversation with Dr. Ron Louie, a clinical professor in Pediatrics Hematology-Oncology at the University of Washington in Seattle, and Sarah Gregory, discussing hi...
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Serosurveillance of Feral Swine to Map Risk for Anthrax Exposure, Texas from 2022-01-06T10:46
Rachel Maison, a graduate student at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, and Sarah Gregory discuss the potential use for serosurveillance of feral swine to map risk for anthrax exp...
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Human Melioidosis Caused by Novel Transmission of Pathogen from Freshwater Home Aquarium, United States from 2021-12-16T19:04
Dr. Patrick Dawson, an epidemiologist at CDC in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss a case of melioidosis from a freshwater home aquarium in the United States.
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Heartland Virus Transmission, New York from 2021-12-08T17:49
Alan Dupuis, a research scientist at the New York State Department of Health in Albany, and Sarah Gregory discuss the transmission of Heartland virus in New York State.
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Evolution of Zika Virus in Puerto Rico, 2016-2017 from 2021-12-01T13:35
Dr. Jorge Muñoz, team lead of CDC's Dengue Surveillance and Research Laboratory in Puerto Rico, and Sarah Gregory discuss the origin, spread, and evolution of Zika virus in Puerto Rico from 2016-2017.
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Multidrug-Resistant MRSA, Rio de Janeiro from 2021-11-18T16:07
Dr. Paul Planet, an assistant professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and at Children's Hospital Philadelphia, as well as a senior researcher at...
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Bloodstream Infections, Finland, 2004−2018 from 2021-11-10T17:25
Dr. Keiju Kontula, an infectious disease specialist at Helsinki University Hospital in Helsinki, and Sarah Gregory discuss the incidence of bloodstream infections in Finland from 2004-2018.
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Three Case Reports of Bordetella hinzii Infection, United States from 2021-11-03T19:48
Dr. James Fleckenstein, a professor of medicine and molecular microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and Sarah Gregory discuss three case reports of Bordetella hinzi...
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Three Case Reports of Bordetella hinzii Infection, United States from 2021-11-03T19:48
Dr. James Fleckenstein, a professor of medicine and molecular microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and Sarah Gregory discuss three case reports of Bordetella hinzi...
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Antimicrobial Resistance on Family Farms, Africa from 2021-10-27T16:23
Dr. Christian Ducrot, a senior researcher at France's National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment, and Sarah Gregory discuss antimicrobial resistance on family farms in Africa.
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Valley Fever in Utah, 2006-2015 from 2021-10-21T13:03
Dr. Adrienne Carey, an assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Utah School of Medicine, and Sarah Gregory discuss coccidioidomycosis incidence in Utah from 2...
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C. difficile in Pigs and People, Europe from 2021-10-14T10:39
Dr. Geraldine Moloney, an infectious diseases physician at Cork University Hospital in Ireland, and Sarah Gregory discuss the transmission of C. difficile in pigs and in people across Europe.
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Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli, Ireland, 2013-2017 from 2021-10-08T12:36
Dr. Paul Hynds, a researcher at the Technological University Dublin in Ireland, and Sarah Gregory discuss patterns of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli enteritis infection in Ireland.
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Outcomes of Reduced Antimicrobial Use in Chickens, Canada, 2013-2019 from 2021-09-29T15:00
Dr. Laura Huber, an assistant professor in the Department of Pathobiology at Auburn University in Alabama, and Sarah Gregory discuss antimicrobial use and bacteria resistance in broiler chickens du...
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Corpse Plague Transmission from 2021-09-23T12:56
Dr. Sophie Jullien, a pediatrician at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health in Barcelona, and Sarah Gregory discuss the potential for plague transmission from corpses.
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Emergence of Anaplasmosis in New York, 2010-2018 from 2021-09-16T16:25
Melissa Prusinski, a research scientist and laboratory supervisor at the New York State Department of Health, and Sarah Gregory discuss cases of anaplasmosis in New York during 2010-2018.
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Control Strategies for Taenia solium Cysticercosis, Peru from 2021-09-09T18:32
Dr. Seth O'Neal, an associate professor of epidemiology at Oregon Health&Science University in Portland, Oregon, and Sarah Gregory discuss control strategies for Taenia solium cysticercosis in peop...
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Speaking of Science through Art and Storytelling from 2021-09-01T12:01
Byron Breedlove, the managing editor of the CDC's Emerging Infectious Diseases journal, and Sarah Gregory discuss the development and evolution of EID journal cover essays.
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Comparison of Lyme Disease in the United States and Europe from 2021-08-24T19:37
Dr. Adriana Marques, chief of Lyme Disease Studies at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Bethesda, Maryland, and Sarah Gregory discuss Lyme disease and how it differs betw...
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Museum Snakes Preserved in 1945 Found To Contain Fungal Pathogens from 2021-08-12T14:08
Dr. Jeffrey Lorch, a diagnostic microbiologist and research scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wisconsin, and Sarah Gregory discuss the history of s...
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Fatal Human Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus Infection, Alabama from 2021-08-05T21:05
Dr. Holly Hughes, a research microbiologist at CDC in Fort Collins, Colorado, and Sarah Gregory discuss a case of eastern equine encephalitis virus infection in Alabama.
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Leishmaniases in the European Union and Neighboring Countries from 2021-07-28T16:52
Dr. Celine Gossner, an expert in emerging and vectorborne diseases at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control in Stockholm, Sweden, and Sarah Gregory discuss animal and human leishma...
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Brucella Found in Unpasteurized Camel Milk, Israel from 2021-07-21T11:28
Dr. Jacob Moran-Gilad, a professor of clinical microbiology at Ben-Gurion University of Negev in Israel, and Sarah Gregory discuss an outbreak of human brucellosis associated with unpasteurized, co...
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AMR Nontyphoidal Salmonella Infections, United States from 2021-07-15T15:37
Dr. Felicita Medalla, an epidemiologist here at CDC in Atlanta, Georgia, and Sarah Gregory discuss the increase of antimicrobial-resistant nontyphoidal Salmonella infections in the U.S.
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Laboratory-Associated Zika Virus, United States from 2021-07-07T14:48
Dr. Susan Hills, a medical epidemiologist at CDC in Fort Collins, Colorado, and Sarah Gregory discuss cases of laboratory-associated Zika virus disease in the United States.
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Ebola Virus in Southern Mali from 2021-06-29T12:17
Dr. Heinz Feldmann, chief of the Laboratory of Virology at NIAID at NIH in Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Montana, and Sarah Gregory discuss Ebola virus prevalence in southern Mali.
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Global Trends in Norovirus among Children from 2021-06-17T14:21
Dr. Jan Vinjé, a research microbiologist and the head of CDC's National Calicivirus Laboratory, and Sarah Gregory discuss trends of norovirus in children around the world.
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Reflections on 40 Years of AIDS from 2021-06-10T19:05
Dr. Kevin De Cock, whose distinguished career includes director of CDC Kenya and director of WHO HIV/AIDS, with Emerging Infectious Diseases Editor-in-Chief Dr. Peter Drotman, and Sarah Gregory dis...
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Tick Bite Infections in Austria from 2021-06-03T14:20
Dr. Mateusz Markowicz, a researcher at the Medical University of Vienna in Austria, and Sarah Gregory discuss the risk of tickborne infections after a tick bite.
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Animal Reservoirs for Emerging Coronaviruses from 2021-05-20T17:19
Dr. Ria Ghai, an associate service fellow at CDC, and Sarah Gregory discuss how animals can serve as hosts for alpha- and betacoronaviruses.
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Isolation Cocoon, May 2020-After Zhuangzi's Butterfly Dream from 2021-05-12T18:07
Dr. Ron Louie, a clinical professor in Pediatrics Hematology-Oncology at the University of Washington in Seattle, and Sarah Gregory discuss his poem, "Isolation Cocoon, May 2020-After Zhuangzi's Bu...
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40 Years of Brain Infection Caused by Amebae in Recreational Water, United States from 2021-05-06T13:02
Dr. Jennifer Cope, a medical epidemiologist at CDC, and Sarah Gregory discuss trends in recreational water exposure associated with primary amebic meningoencephalitis in the United States.
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COVID-19 in and out of Hospitals, Atlanta, Georgia from 2021-04-22T10:00
Dr. Kristen Pettrone, an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer at CDC, and Sarah Gregory discuss the characteristics of hospitalized and nonhospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Atlanta.
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Oral HPV Infection in Children, Finland from 2021-04-12T14:57
Dr. Stina Syrjänen, a professor and chairman emerita at the University of Turku and chief physician in the Department of Pathology at Turku University Hospital in Finland, and Sarah Gregory discuss...
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Farmer Infected with Avian-Like Swine Influenza from 2021-04-01T14:29
Dr. Kristien Van Reeth, a professor of virology at Ghent University in Belgium, and Sarah Gregory discuss a case of avian-like swine influenza in a pig farmer in the Netherlands
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Tracking Bordetella pertussis, Austria, 2018-20 from 2021-03-24T17:30
Dr. Adriana Cabal Rosel, a public health microbiologist at the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, and Sarah Gregory discuss the use of a new surveillance system to track increased cases of...
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Preventive Therapy for At-Home Exposure to Drug-Resistant TB, Pakistan from 2021-03-12T13:08
Dr. Amyn Malik, an epidemiologist and postdoctoral associate at Yale University, and Sarah Gregory discuss the use of preventive therapy for at-home exposure to drug-resistant TB.
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Tracking Canine Enteric Coronavirus in the UK from 2021-03-05T19:22
Dr. Alan Radford, a professor of veterinary health informatics at the University of Liverpool, and Sarah Gregory discuss an enteric coronavirus in dogs and how it was discovered.
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Lyme Disease in Treeless Islands of Scotland from 2021-02-25T14:01
Dr. Caroline Millins, a research fellow at the University of Liverpool, and Sarah Gregory discuss Lyme disease in treeless islands of Scotland.
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Tracking Lyme Disease in the United States from 2021-02-17T19:25
Dr. Kiersten Kugeler, a CDC epidemiologist, and Sarah Gregory discuss the use of commercial data to estimate trends and frequencies of Lyme disease in the United States.
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Role of Oral Rabies Vaccines in Eliminating Death in People from Dog Bites from 2021-02-11T18:08
Dr. Ryan Wallace, a CDC veterinary epidemiologist, and Sarah Gregory discuss the use of oral rabies vaccination in stray dog populations.
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Infectious Waterborne Disease in the United States from 2021-02-03T18:04
Sarah Collier, a CDC epidemiologist, and Sarah Gregory discuss the health burden of waterborne disease in the United States.
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Sickness Transmitted by Food and Water from 2021-01-28T15:00
Dr. Elizabeth Beshearse, a CDC epidemiologist, and Sarah Gregory discuss how sickness is transmitted by food and by water.
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TB among Children and Teens at HIV Treatment Centers in Africa from 2021-01-21T18:44
Dr. Anna Mandalakas, director of the Global Tuberculosis Program at Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, and Sarah Gregory discuss tuberculosis among children and teens with HI...
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Endotheliopathy and Platelet Dysfunction as Hallmarks of Fatal Lassa Fever from 2020-12-16T21:36
Dr. Brian Sullivan, a researcher and instructor at La Jolla Institute for Immunology, and Sarah Gregory discuss endotheliopathy and platelet dysfunction in Lassa fever.
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Mycoplasma bovis Outbreak in Pronghorns-Wyoming from 2020-12-09T20:07
Dr. Kerry Sondgeroth, a veterinary bacteriologist at the Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory and an associate professor at the University of Wyoming, and Sarah Gregory discuss a high-mortality outb...
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Unusual Outbreak of Rift Valley Fever in Sudan from 2020-12-03T12:10
Dr. Ayman Ahmed, a scientist at the University of Texas Medical Branch and a lecturer at the Institute of Endemic Diseases in Sudan, and Sarah Gregory discuss a unique outbreak of Rift Valley Fever...
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Preventing Zika Infection During Pregnancy, Puerto Rico, 2016-17 from 2020-11-16T19:33
Dr. Katherine Kortsmit, an epidemiologist at CDC, and Sarah Gregory discuss protective measures used by women to prevent Zika during the 2016-17 outbreak.
Populations Dynamic Trends of E. coli from 2020-11-10T12:25
Dr. Johann Pitout, an EID associate editor and medical microbiologist, and Sarah Gregory discuss trends of antimicrobial resistance in E. coli.
Nowcasting Influenza Locally in Sweden from 2020-10-28T16:37
Dr. Armin Spreco, a researcher at Linköping University in Sweden, and Sarah Gregory discuss the use of nowcasting to detect timing and spread of flu epidemics.
Livestock, Phages, MRSA, and People in Denmark from 2020-10-22T14:41
Dr. Jesper Larsen, a senior researcher at the Statens Serum Institut, and Sarah Gregory discuss livestock-associated MRSA in community and healthcare settings.
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Enterovirus D68 and Acute Flaccid Myelitis, 2020 from 2020-10-14T17:07
Dr. Sarah Kidd, a medical epidemiologist at CDC, and Sarah Gregory discuss acute flaccid myelitis and its relationship with enterovirus D68.
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Legionnaires' Disease in Healthcare Settings-Europe from 2020-10-08T15:51
Dr. Julien Beauté, a medical epidemiologist at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, and Sarah Gregory discuss Legionnaires' disease in healthcare settings in Europe from 2008-2017.
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Syphilis in Maria Salviati-16th Century Royalty from 2020-10-01T12:12
Dr. Antonio Fornaciari, a postdoctoral fellow in the history of medicine and paleopathology at the University of Pisa in Italy, and Sarah Gregory discuss a case of syphilis in a royal woman in 16th...
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A Decade of E. coli Outbreaks in Leafy Greens in the U.S. and Canada from 2020-09-24T15:58
Katherine Marshall, an epidemiologist at CDC, and Sarah Gregory discuss E. coli outbreaks in leafy greens in the United States and Canada from 2009 to 2018.
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Two Ways of Tracking C. difficile in Switzerland from 2020-09-17T13:44
Sarah Tschudin-Sutter, a professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the University Hospital - Basel in Switzerland, and Sarah Gregory discuss two different surveillance measures that can be us...
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Partnering to Solve Foodborne Outbreak in Massachusetts from 2020-09-03T17:47
Quynh Vo, an epidemiologist at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, and Sarah Gregory discuss how epidemiologists and laboratorians teamed to find the foodborne source of Salmonella in an...
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SARS-CoV-2 in Aerosol Suspension from 2020-08-14T12:58
Dr. Chad Roy, a professor at Tulane University School of Medicine, and Sarah Gregory discuss how long the SARS-CoV-2 virus can last suspended in the air
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SARS-CoV 2 in Children and Teenagers from 2020-08-06T14:32
Dr. Isabella Eckerle, head of the Center for Emerging Viral Diseases at the University of Geneva, and Sarah Gregory discuss what we now know about COVID-19 in children and teens.
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TB in Internationally Displaced Children in Texas from 2020-07-31T13:28
Dr. Gabriella Lamb, an assistant in medicine at Boston Children's Hospital, and Sarah Gregory discuss tuberculosis testing in internationally displaced children in Texas.
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Animal Exposure and Human Plague from 2020-07-23T12:47
Alison Hinckley, an epidemiologist with CDC in Fort Collins, Colorado, and Sarah Gregory discuss the role of animals in spreading human plague.
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Leishmaniasis in US-Born Dog from 2020-07-15T19:19
Dr. Marcos de Almeida, a scientist at CDC, and Sarah Gregory discuss a case of leishmaniasis in a dog born in the United States.
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Telework during Epidemic Respiratory Illness from 2020-07-02T12:11
Dr. Faruque Ahmed, an epidemiologist at CDC, and Sarah Gregory discuss the effect of paid leave and teleworking on keeping employees home during infectious respiratory illnesses.
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Neurologic Complications Associated with Coronavirus from 2020-06-19T14:14
Dr. Karima Benameur, a neurologist and associate professor in the Department of Neurology at Emory School of Medicine, and Sarah Gregory discuss neurologic complications from coronavirus disease.
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Legionella in Tap Water from the Flint River from 2020-06-10T18:50
Dr. Amy Pruden, a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech, and Sarah Gregory discuss Legionella bacteria in the Flint, Michigan water supply.
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How and Why Social Distancing Works from 2020-06-03T18:39
Dr. Laura Matrajt, a research associate at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Sarah Gregory discuss how and why social distancing works to help control the spread of COVID-19.
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Presymptomatic and Asymptomatic Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from 2020-05-29T20:11
Nathan Furukawa, a CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service officer, and Sarah Gregory discuss evidence that people who have coronavirus disease without symptoms can still spread the disease.
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A Critique of Coronavirus from 2020-05-27T19:19
Dr. Elana Osen, a specialty registrar at St. George's University Hospital in London, and Sarah Gregory discuss the poem she wrote expressing her feelings about COVID-19.
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Contagiousness and Spread of SARS-CoV-2 from 2020-05-13T18:55
Dr. Ruian Ke, a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, and Sarah Gregory discuss how quickly COVID-19 spreads and possible steps to control it.
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How Technology and Policy Helped Taiwan Fight Covid-19 from 2020-05-08T12:21
Dr. Jewel Mullen, Associate Dean for Health Equity at the Dell Medical School of the University of Texas, and Sarah Gregory discuss how Taiwan used internet technology to help make policy decisions...
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Ebola Vaccine and Pregnancy from 2020-04-29T18:40
Jennifer Legardy-Williams, a health scientist at CDC, and Sarah Gregory discuss the effect on pregnancy outcomes for women receiving an Ebola vaccine in Sierra Leone.
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MERS Transmission from 2020-04-23T17:20
Dr. Marie Killerby, an epidemiologist at CDC, and Sarah Gregory discuss how Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-a coronavirus-can be transmitted from camels and between people.
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Anaplasmosis in Maine from 2020-04-16T13:57
Dr. Susan Elias, a scientist in the Lyme and Vector-borne Disease Laboratory at the Maine Medical Center Research Institute, and Sarah Gregory discuss an increase in cases of the tickborne disease ...
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A US SARS-CoV-2 patient from 2020-04-10T15:45
Natalie Thornburg, a research microbiologist at CDC, and Sarah Gregory discuss better ways to understand, prevent, and control SARS-CoV-2
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Making a Simple Respiratory Mask from 2020-04-02T11:33
Dr. Virginia Dato, a physician board certified in public health and general preventive medicine, and Sarah Gregory discuss how to construct a simple respiratory face mask with easily available mate...
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Epidemics in Movies from 2020-03-30T16:29
Dr. Daniel Curtis, an associate professor specializing in social responses to historical diseases at Erasmus University in the Netherlands, and Sarah Gregory discuss how people in movies react to e...
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Leishmaniasis Control in Dogs from 2020-03-17T15:20
Dr. Domenico Otranto, a professor of human and animal parasitic diseases at the University of Bari in Italy, and Sarah Gregory discuss how to control the spread of leishmaniasis, life-threatening d...
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Nonpharmaceutical Measures for Pandemic Respiratory Viruses from 2020-03-09T16:25
Dr. Ben Cowling, editor-in-chief of Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses and an associate editor for the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal, and Sarah Gregory discuss nonpharmaceutical ways to...
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Cost-effectiveness of Prophylactic Zika Vaccine from 2020-02-20T14:46
Dr. Affan Shoukat, a mathematical epidemiologist and modeling postdoctoral associate at the Centers for Disease Modeling and Analysis at Yale University, and Sarah Gregory discuss the cost-effectiv...
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Enteroviruses and Acute Flaccid Myelitis from 2020-02-12T15:42
Dr. Erin Graf, Director of the Infectious Disease Diagnostics Lab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Sarah Gregory discuss the link between acute flaccid myelitis and certain enteroviruses.
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Global Epidemiology of Diphtheria from 2020-01-23T22:00
CDC's Commander Kristie Clarke, a medical epidemiologist, discusses diphtheria with Sarah Gregory.
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Mass Die-offs in Saiga Antelope Populations from 2020-01-09T22:04
Dr. Corrie Brown, a distinguished professor of veterinary pathology at the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Georgia, and Sarah Gregory discuss large-scale die-offs among saiga an...
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Value of MRIs in Treating Powassan Virus Encephalitis from 2019-12-19T15:28
Dr. Joshua Allgaier, a hospitalist at Baystate Medical Center Massachusetts, and Sarah Gregory discuss the value of using MRIs in the treatment of people with Powassan virus.
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Susceptibility of Influenza Viruses to Baloxavir from 2019-12-11T21:21
Dr. Larisa Gubareva, a CDC researcher, and Sarah Gregory, discuss the susceptibility of different types of flu viruses to the drug baloxavir.
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Ceftriaxone-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae from 2019-12-05T18:37
Dr. Byron Berenger, a medical microbiologist at the University of Calgary and Alberta Public Laboratories, and Sarah Gregory discuss a drug-resistant form of gonorrhea.
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Listeriosis in Leafy Greens from 2019-11-21T17:37
Julie Self, an epidemiologist at CDC, and Sarah Gregory discuss an outbreak of listeriosis in the US and Canada that was spread through leafy greens.
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Dog Flu in Canada from 2019-11-14T19:33
Dr. Scott Weese, a veterinary internist at the University of Guelph in Canada, and Sarah Gregory discuss an outbreak of flu in dogs in Ontario.
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In Memoriam: Mike Schultz from 2019-11-07T15:27
Dr. David Morens, a senior advisor at NIH, and Dr. Rohit Chitale, a senior consultant to PATH, remember their late colleague, Dr. Myron "Mike" Schultz, who was an epidemiologist in CDC's Global Dis...
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