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🌍🐄🐔California Reports Six Human Bird Flu Cases: A Public Health Concern🐔🐄🌎 The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has confirmed six human cases of bird flu (H5N1). While the risk to the public remains low, bird flu can spread through close contact with infected birds. In the Caribbean and Americas, migratory birds can spread viruses like H5N1, making biosecurity a priority. Let's remain vigilant and proactive in managing these risks to protect both wildlife and human health. #BirdFlu #PublicHealth #Biosecurity #AvianInfluenza #ZoonoticDiseases 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eVnvgQ4v Gilberto Sabino-Santos Marco Goeijenbier Joy St John Prof. Akin Abayomi Dr Lisa Indar Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) David Swayne Kamara Rhynd Troy Lorde Rebecca Katz Adam Kamradt-Scott Jamechia “JD” Hoyle DHSc, MS, MPH, PMP

Supporting important regional work by Kirk Douglas MBA, Ph.D. on #biosecurity in the Caribbean on zoonotic disease threats

New Publication! 🦠 Public Health Alert: Oropouche Virus on the Rise! Originating from Trinidad and Tobago, Oropouche virus (OROV) is becoming a significant public health threat across the Americas. Spreading via air travel and biting vectors, OROV and the lesser-known Melao virus (MELV) pose diagnostic challenges in areas already burdened by #Zika, #dengue, and #Chikungunya. Climate change is accelerating transmission risks, especially in the Caribbean. Vulnerable groups like pregnant women, the elderly, and children are at increased risk. 🌍 Clinical considerations: Clinical samples of suspected patients should not only include serum but also urine and plasma to enhance diagnostic sensitivity and accuracy. 🔬 Call to Action: Enhanced surveillance, better diagnostics, and robust research are crucial! Sincerest thanks to Drs. Na Tisha Robinson and Gillian Birchwood for their keen insights. See the journal publication here: https://lnkd.in/eirdBe6S #PublicHealth #InfectiousDiseases #ClimateChange #HealthSecurity #OROV #Oropouche #Melao #MELV #Caribbean #vectorborne #mosquitoborne #mosquito #sandflies #Americas Rebecca Katz Taylor Winkleman Joy St John Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) Pan American Health Organization Jamechia “JD” Hoyle DHSc, MS, MPH, PMP Byron Martina Marco Goeijenbier Sironen Tarja Gilberto Sabino-Santos

With the 2021 confirmed presence of ASF in Dominican Republic, there is increased risk to the Caribbean’s pressured food chain. Even greater requirement for enhanced Biorisk measures to be adopted by CAHFSA

More dairy farms in California affected by avian influenza. The total number of farms affected now in California is six. Nationwide, 201 herds have been affected. Genetic material of the virus has now appeared in the wastewater of the San Francisco surroundings, the Central valley, and also in San Diego according to https://lnkd.in/g2PR3DHv #avianinfluenza #birdflu #Cattle #Cows #dairy #influenza #evolution #H5N1 #HPAI #health #globalhealth #publichealth #medicine #CDC #WHO #FDA #USDA #ECDC #California https://lnkd.in/g4B8ZwSi

Sanitec is proud to be investing resources on major project front to reduce AMR. One of the most significant (largely silent) threats in our environment.

The Biosecurity Office has published an updated combined list of #human and #animal #pathogens (version August 2024). The list is composed of different #biosafety and #biosecurity classification lists that are used internationally with regard to risk classifications for pathogens (including #GMO). The list combines for instance the list of European Union Directive 2000/54/EC, the European Council Regulation (EC) No. 2021/821 on #dualuse items, the USA Select Agents and Toxins List, and the Australia Group list. This combined list aims to give an overview of, and provide transparency of, the various classification lists. https://lnkd.in/e5tGpayU

🚨 Emerging Health Threats 🚨 Oropouche (OROV) and Melao (MELV) viruses are silently spreading across Latin America and the Caribbean, posing new public health risks. These viruses were first isolated in Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹 in 1955. Since then OROV has caused several outbreaks in the Amazonian Basin and Central American countries. The latest outbreak in Cuba is of concern and raises the question of how widespread these two orthobunyaviruses already are within the region. These two orthobunyaviruses were detected in Haiti from among school children during a 2014 dengue and Zika edpidenic. These viruses are transmitted by biting midges (Culicoides paraensis), Culex quinquefaciatus mosquito and select Aedes species. With the wide ranging impacts of #climatechange, the rate of re-emerging viruses causing outbreaks will likely increase. Urgent research is necessary for enhanced public health surveillance, viral diagnostics, and vector control to combat these viruses, which complicate the clinical landscape already burdened by other arboviruses like dengue and Zika. Sharing similar symptoms to endemic arboviral fevers like Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya fevers makes differential diagnosis even more difficult. 🌎 #PublicHealth #InfectiousDiseases #GlobalHealth #Arboviruses #Dengue #Zika #Oropouche #Melao #Americas #LatinAmerica #Caribbean #Orthobunyaviruses Byron Martina Marco Goeijenbier Gilberto Sabino-Santos Akin-Fajembola Jenkins Prof. Akin Abayomi GET Consortium Johanna Ohm Emma Yakutis Sironen Tarja

Influenza A (Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1) in domestic cats, per Colorado. "...Information provided by the Colorado Department of Public Health, State Veterinarian... August 9, 2024— Six feline cases of Influenza A (HPAI H5N1) have been diagnosed in domestic cats in Colorado during 2024. One of these cases was directly associated with a known infected commercial dairy facility. Two of the six cases were indoor only cats with no direct exposures to the virus. Three of the six cases were known indoor/outdoor cats that hunted mice and/or small birds as prey and also spent time indoors with their owners. Five of the six cases have presented with similar clinical signs and disease progression: an initial complaint of lethargy and inappetence, followed by progressive respiratory signs in some and fairly consistent progressive neurologic signs in most. Several of these cases were tested for rabies preceding diagnosis with H5N1 infection due to the indistinguishable presentation once neurologic signs presented. HPAI H5N1 infection should be considered in domestic felines even if all of the risk factors or clinical signs are not present. There is high abundance of virus in Colorado at this time, predominantly being detected in domestic dairy cattle in commercial dairy herds with spillover into mammals and wild birds on and near these premises. Notably the B3.13 strain of the Eurasian 2.3.4.4b clade H5N1 virus has been spreading in animals not historically attributed as reservoirs for the HPAI virus. This lineage of virus has not been detected in migratory waterfowl at this time...." https://lnkd.in/g_dVewCe

Two weeks since the #PHEIC declaration for #mpox the numbers remain sobering. Taken from this article from the Associated Press these numbers on epidemic update for the Africa region standout. 📌 4000 new suspected cases reported in a week 📌 81 deaths 📌 current case count 22,863 and death toll 622 📌 Vaccine doses secured 380,000 < 15% of estimated doses to contain the outbreak in the DRC. #Mpox #Outbreaks #Africa https://lnkd.in/dzydU9SJ