Past Updates from the Clinician Registry Listserv

Update Sent April 2, 2007

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Today's topics Include:

• COCA Conference Call
• National Public Health Week
• Pandemic Influenza
• Avian Influenza
• Seasonal Influenza

COCA Conference Call

Mark your calendars for our next COCA Conference Call on Blast Injuries!

Title: Bombings: Injury Patterns and Care
Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET
Speaker:  Dr. Richard Hunt

Objectives:
The goal of this content is to cover the unique knowledge and skills required to effectively respond to a mass casualty explosive or bombing event. The content can be integrated into existing materials or taught as a stand-alone course. The content includes: (1) the uniqueness of blast injury, including blast physics, (2) the most common types of blast injuries, and (3) the appropriate treatment (prehospital and initial hospital) for injures that result from blasts.

Dial-in information and further details coming soon!

The audio file for last week's COCA Conference Call on Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Human Parapoxvirus by Dr. David Swerdlow & Dr. Edith Lederman is now available on our website: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/coca/callinfo.asp
The transcript for this call will be posted shortly.

National Public Health Week

National Public Health Week - April 2-8, 2007
The theme of the 12th Annual National Public Health Week is "Preparedness and Public Health Threats." CDC, the American Public Health Association (APHA), and hundreds of partner organizations will encourage Americans to prepare effectively for public health threats, from bioterrorism and natural disasters to disease outbreaks.
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/nphw2007.asp

Pandemic Influenza

Pandemic Influenza: Progress in Planning and Exercising Federal, State, and Local Perspectives - CDC Satellite Broadcast, April 5, 1- 2:30 p.m. ET
In conjunction with National Public Health Week, the CDC Coordinating Office of Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response is hosting a satellite broadcast to promote pandemic influenza preparedness and response capacity.
http://www2a.cdc.gov/phtn/influenza07/default.asp

NIAID Expands Capability for Influenza Research and Surveillance - NIH News Release - April 2
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today announced it is awarding $23 million per year for seven years to establish six Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance. Collectively, the centers will expand NIAID’s influenza surveillance program internationally and in the United States, and will bolster influenza research in key areas, including understanding how the virus causes disease and how the human immune system responds to infection with the virus. The goal of the newly created centers is to provide the federal government with important information to inform public health strategies for controlling and lessening the impact of seasonal influenza as well as an influenza pandemic.
http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/news/newsreleases/2007/fluresearch.htm

Avian Influenza

Avian Influenza – Situation in China - WHO update - March 29
The Ministry of Health in China has reported a new fatal case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The case has been confirmed by the national laboratory.
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2007_03_29/en/index.html

Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A/(H5N1) Reported to WHO - March 29
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/country.html

H5N1 Avian Influenza: Timeline of Major Events- WHO- pdf file- March 27
http://www.who.int/entity/csr/disease/avian_influenza/Timeline_2007_03_20.pdf

Indonesia to Resume Sharing H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus Samples following a WHO Meeting in Jakarta - WHO News Release- March 27
Minister of Health of Indonesia, announced at a joint news conference today that the country would resume sharing of H5N1 avian influenza virus samples “immediately”. This commitment by the Government of Indonesia follows a two-day meeting organized by WHO in Jakarta on 26-27 March 2007.
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2007/pr09/en/index.html

No Human-to-Human Transmission in H9N2 Case- Hong Kong Gov't. News Release - March 24
Tests on the recent influenza-A (H9N2) case have ruled out the possibility of human-to-human transmission.
http://www.news.gov.hk/en/healthandcommunity/070324/html

High-Dose versus Standard-Dose Oseltamivir for the Treatment of Severe Influenza and Avian Influenza: A Phase II Double-Blind, Randomized Clinical Trial
A network of clinical researchers stretching from Southeast Asia to the United States is about to begin testing whether doubling the standard dosage of oseltamivir (Tamiflu) will help patients overcome either the often-deadly H5N1 avian influenza or severe seasonal flu. Researchers in Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and the United States hope to enroll up to 400 patients over the next 2 years and treat them with either the standard regimen or twice that amount for up to 10 days. The trial will be run by the Southeast Asia Influenza Clinical Research Network (SEA ICRN), a multinational partnership launched about a year and a half ago.
http://www.ciras-sea.org/study001.asp

Seasonal Influenza

Weekly Report: Influenza Summary Update - March 30
During week 12 (March 18 – March 24, 2007), influenza activity continued to decrease in the United States. Data from the U.S. World Health Organization (WHO) and National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS) collaborating laboratories indicated a decline in activity for the sixth consecutive week; 15.1% of specimens tested positive for influenza this week. ILI data decreased during week 12 and was at the national baseline for the first time since early January. Twelve states reported widespread influenza activity; 17 states reported regional influenza activity; 11 states, and New York City reported local influenza activity; the District of Columbia and nine states reported sporadic influenza activity; and one state did not report. The reporting of widespread or regional influenza activity decreased from 37 for week 11 to 29 for week 12. The percent of deaths due to pneumonia and influenza remained below baseline level.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/

Weekly US Map - March 30
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm 

 

 

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