| Title: |
Wildlife surveillance [electronic resource] : early warning system for Ebola, avian flu, and other disease outbreaks / Billy Karesh. |
| Author(s)/Name(s): |
Karesh, Billy. |
| Publisher: |
[Bethesda, Md. : National Institutes of Health, 2007] |
| Related Names: |
National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Emergency Preparedness and Biodefense Interest Group. |
| Language: |
eng |
| Electronic Links: |
http://videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?13744 |
| MeSH Subjects: |
Communicable Disease Control --methods |
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Animals, Wild |
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Disease Outbreaks --prevention & control |
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Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola --transmission |
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Influenza in Birds --transmission |
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Lectures |
| Summary: |
(CIT): The Emergency Preparedness and Biodefense Interest Group. Dr. Karesh heads the field veterinary program of the Wildlife Conservation Society, which has over 300 field projects in 50 countries around the world. His teams of veterinarians study the health status of free-ranging wildlife populations, focusing on the risk of transfer of infectious agents among wild and domestic animals and humans. WCS staff have been especially active in monitoring the spread of Ebola virus in Gabon and the Republic of Congo, where they have characterized recent die-offs of infected gorillas and chimpanzees and assessed the risks of human exposure. The society also plays a major role in monitoring the spread of H5N1 influenza virus in wild birds, and spearheads the Global Avian Influenza Network for Surveillance (GAINS). |
| Notes: |
Title from screen banner (viewed May 25, 2007). |
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Streaming video (1 hr., 11 min., 30 sec. : sd., col.). |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Open-captioned. |
| NLM Unique ID: |
101306059 |
| Other ID Numbers: |
(DNLM)CIT:13744 |
