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Update Sent June 25, 2004
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UPDATES TO INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE
The following updates were made to CDC information and guidance
during the period of June 18-25, 2004 , or reflect this week's current
events. If you have any questions on these or other clinical issues,
please call our toll-free Clinician Information Line at 877-554-4625
or write to us at coca@cdc.gov .
PLAGUE TRAINING MODULE
This web-based module is designed to teach the natural epidemiology of plague and how to manage it as both a natural disease and an intentional attack. The content is presented in a series of eight lessons to be completed in the order that they appear. You will learn how to:
- Identify where plague occurs naturally in order to recognize possible bio-terrorism .
- Identify patient symptoms that will lead to a diagnosis of bubonic, pneumonic, or septicemic plague.
- Rule out other diseases when diagnosing plague.
- Identify the appropriate specimens to obtain in order to diagnose plague.
- Describe the medical management of confirmed plague cases.
- Describe the public health response needed for naturally occurring versus bioterrorist plague.
- Describe the diagnosis of plague in animals.
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/plague/trainingmodule
PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS
Continuation Guidance for Cooperative Agreement on Public Health Preparedness and Response for Bioterrorism - Budget Year Five
Provides UPDATED links to Notice and Guidance documents for the Cooperative Agreement on Public Health Preparedness and Response for bioterrorism.
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/planning/coopagreement
SMALLPOX
Smallpox Response Plan and Guidelines (Version 3.0)
This document outlines the public health strategies that would guide the public health response to a smallpox emergency and many of the federal, state, and local public health activities that must be undertaken in a smallpox outbreak. http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/response-plan/index.asp Guide E: Communication Activities and Planning was UPDATED on June 23, 2004 .
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/response-plan/files/guide-e.doc
WEST NILE VIRUS (WNV)
2004 WNV Activity in the United States
Provides UPDATED information on West Nile virus activity in the United States . 32 human cases have been reported to CDC this season as of June 22, 2004 . Of the 32 cases, 14 were reported as West Nile fever, 16 were reported as West Nile meningitis or encephalitis (neuroinvasive disease), and 2 were clinically unspecified at this time.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/surv&controlCaseCount04_detailed.htm
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