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).

Carbapenem-Resistant and Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacterales in Children, United States, 2016-2020

Dr. Heather Grome, a medical epidemiologist in CDC's National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, and Candice Hoffmann discuss antimicrobial-resistant infections in children.

11-14
17:56

Infectious Diseases and Clinical Xenotransplantation

Dr. Jay Fishman, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and director of the Transplantation Infectious Disease Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Candice Hoffmann discuss xenotransplantation.

10-31
03:54

Newly Recognized Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia as Cause of Severe Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever-Like Illness, Northern California, USA

Doctors Anne Kjemtrup and Kerry Padgett from the California Department of Health and Candice Hoffmann discuss a newly recognized spotted fever group Rickettsia as the cause of severe Rocky Mountain spotted fever-like illness in California.

09-10
10:25

Decolonization and Pathogen Reduction Approaches to Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections

Dr. Mihnea "Mike" Mangalea, a microbial ecologist and bioinformatician in CDC's National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, and Candice Hoffmann discuss decolonization and pathogen reduction approaches to prevent antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections.

08-22
24:49

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus for Clinicians-An Overview

Dr. Gaby Frank, a hospitalist and medical director of Denver Health Hospital Authority's Biocontainment Unit and a professor of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and Candice Hoffmann discuss Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus.

03-14
26:14

Norovirus Genogroup IX Outbreaks in Long-Term Care Facilities in Utah, USA [Original Post 11/30/2022]

BreAnne Osborn, an epidemiologist at the Utah Department of Health in Salt Lake City, and Sarah Gregory discuss outbreaks of norovirus genotype IX in long-term care facilities in Utah.

02-28
19:01

C. difficile in Pigs and People, Europe

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. [Original Post 10/14/2021]

02-01
27:02

Human Melioidosis Caused by Novel Transmission of Pathogen from Freshwater Home Aquarium, United States [Original Post 12/16/2021]

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.

01-17
18:48

Human Salmonellosis Outbreak Linked to Salmonella Typhimurium Epidemic in Wild Songbirds, United States, 2020-2021

Dr. Megin Nichols, a veterinary epidemiologist at CDC in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss Salmonella in songbirds and its effect on people.

12-14
29:00

Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection in Brown Rats (Rattus norvegicus), Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2019-2022

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.

12-08
26:04

Micro‒Global Positioning Systems for Identifying Nightly Opportunities for Marburg Virus Spillover to Humans by Egyptian Rousette Bats

Dr. Brian Amman, a disease ecologist at CDC in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss the risk of Marburg virus spillover from Egyptian rousette bats.

11-30
37:26

Reoccurring Escherichia coli O157:H7 Strain Linked to Leafy Greens-Associated Outbreaks, 2016-2019

Dr. Jessica Chen, a bioinformatician at CDC in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss E. coli O157:H7 strain linked to leafy greens-associated outbreaks.

11-15
13:31

Ancestral Origin and Dissemination Dynamics of Reemerging Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae, Haiti

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.

11-08
39:26

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Clade 2.3.4.4b Infections in Wild Terrestrial Mammals, United States, 2022

Dr. Betsy Elsmo, an assistant professor of clinical diagnostic veterinary pathology at the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, and Sarah Gregory discuss infections of H5N1 bird flu in wild mammals in the United States.

11-07
30:05

Increased Incidence of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Children after COVID-19 Pandemic, England [Original Post 8/25/2022]

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 the COVID-19 pandemic in England.

11-02
33:15

Salmonella in Thanksgiving Turkey, 1998-2018 [Original Post 1/26/2022]

Dr. Farrell Tobolowsky, a CDC FLIGHT fellow in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss Salmonella serotypes associated with illness after the Thanksgiving holiday.

10-26
16:32

Rat Hepatitis E Virus in Norway Rats, Ontario, Canada, 2018-2021

Dr. Sarah Robinson, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Guelph, and Sarah Gregory discuss hepatitis E virus in Norway rats in Ontario, Canada.

10-12
17:14

Human Neural Larva Migrans Caused by Ophidascaris robertsi Ascarid

Dr. Mehrab Hossain, an infectious disease physician in Australia, and Sarah Gregory discuss a case of human neural larva migrans caused by the ascarid Ophidascaris robertsi.

09-28
21:06

Prospecting for Zoonotic Pathogens by Using Targeted DNA Enrichment

Dr. Elisha Enabulele, a postdoctoral research associate at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, and Sarah Gregory discuss using targeted DNA enrichment to look for zoonotic pathogens in museum samples.

09-22
22:08

A Worm's Eye View [Original Post 10/25/2018]

Ben Taylor, cover artist for the August 2018 issue of EID, discusses how his personal experience with the Loa loa parasite influenced this painting.

09-13
25:28

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