Emerging Infectious Diseases

Dr. David Wagner, a professor at the Pathogen and Microbiome Institute at Northern Arizona University, and Sarah Gregory discuss the detection of Burkholderia thailandensis in the environment in the United States.

Dr. Neil Vora, a physician with Conservation International in Arlington, Virginia, and Sarah Gregory discuss pathogen spillover and ways to reduce the risk of spillover events.

Dr. Miles Carroll, the professor of emerging viruses at the Pandemic Sciences Institute at Oxford University in the United Kingdom, and Sarah Gregory discuss the influence of landscape patterns on exposure to Lassa fever virus in Guinea.

Dr. Alicia Genisca, an assistant professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and Sarah Gregory discuss risk prediction for children with suspected Ebola virus disease.

Dr. Bar Goldberg at Schneider Children's Medical Center at Tel Aviv University, and Sarah Gregory discuss cases of infant botulism in Israel.

Dr. Deus Lukoye, an epidemiologist at CDC who is currently based in Uganda, and Sarah Gregory discuss tuberculosis preventive therapy among people living with HIV in Uganda.

Dr. Oddvar Oppegaard, an infectious disease specialist at Haukeland University Hospital and an associate professor at the University of Bergen, and Sarah Gregory discuss Streptococcus dysgalactiae bloodstream infections in Norway.

Dr. Nila Dharan, an infectious disease physician at the University of New South Wales in Australia, and Sarah Gregory discuss an outbreak of Nocardia infections in heart transplant recipients and association with climate conditions in Australia.

Dr. Martin Beer, a professor and head of the Institute of Diagnostic Virology at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute in Germany, and Sarah Gregory discuss Iceland as a stepping stone for highly pathogenic avian influenza virus between Europe and North America.

Dr. Lucas Blanton, an infectious disease physician and associate professor of medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, and Sarah Gregory discuss increases in typhus group rickettsiosis in Galveston County, Texas.

Dr. Helen Esser, an assistant professor at Wageningen University, and Sarah Gregory discuss tick-borne encephalitis virus presence and prevalence in potential new foci in the Netherlands.

Alice White, a senior research instructor of epidemiology at the Colorado School of Public Health, and Sarah Gregory discuss foodborne outbreaks reported to a national surveillance system in the United States.

Dr. Christopher Stobart, a microbiologist and associate professor at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, and Sarah Gregory discuss the emergence and virology of tickborne Bourbon virus in the United States.

Dr. Emily Kainne Dokubo, the CDC Country Director for the Jamaica/Caribbean Regional Office, and Sarah Gregory discuss leveraging CDC global health programs to respond to COVID-19 in Cameroon.

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.

Layda Rincon, an epidemiologist with the Cameron County Public Health Department in Texas, and Sarah Gregory discuss a case of toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae infection in a pet cat.

Dr. Erin Rottinghaus Romano, a microbiologist at CDC in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss the contribution of PEPFAR-Supported HIV and TB molecular diagnostic networks to COVID-19 testing preparedness in 16 countries.

Dr. Nila Dharan, an infectious disease physician at the University of New South Wales in Australia, and Sarah Gregory discuss an outbreak of Nocardia infections in heart transplant recipients and association with climate conditions in Australia.

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.

Dr. Luciana Trilles, a researcher at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Sarah Gregory discuss detection of Histoplasma capsulatum in Antarctica.

Dr. Philip Ricks, an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who is based in Côte d'Ivoire, and Sarah Gregory discuss lessons learned from CDC's global COVID-19 early warning and response surveillance system.

Dr. Andrew Bowman, an associate professor at The Ohio State University's Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, and Sarah Gregory discuss shortening the number of hours for swine exhibitions to reduce influenza A transmission.

Dr. Edward Annand, an equine veterinarian epidemiologist and a research associate at the University of Sydney School of Veterinary Science in Australia, and Sarah Gregory discuss the detection of a novel Hendra virus variant from a horse in Australia.

Dr. Francesco Origgi, a veterinary microbiologist and pathologist at the University of Bern in Switzerland, and Sarah Gregory discuss the presence of Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola infection in free-ranging snakes in Europe.

Dr. Joanna Pulit-Penaloza, a biologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss avian influenza A(H5N1) in a ferret model.