Emerging Infectious Diseases

Dr. Wendy Puryear, a virologist at The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, and Sarah Gregory discuss the spillover of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) into New England seals in the northeastern United States.

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.

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.

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

Dr. Ariella Dale, a public health scientist at the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, and Sarah Gregory discuss two cases of people infected with hantavirus in Arizona.

Dr. Loganathan Ponnusamy, a principal research scholar at North Carolina State University, and Sarah Gregory discuss detection of Orientia species bacteria in chiggers in North Carolina.

Dr. Felicia Keesing, a David & Rosalie Rose Distinguished Professor of the Sciences, Mathematics, and Computing at Bard College in New York, and Sarah Gregory discuss the effects of tick control interventions in New York.

Dr. Carlos Mejia-Chew, an assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Disease at Washington University in St. Louis, and Sarah Gregory discuss spatial distribution of nontuberculous mycobacteria infections and risk factors in Missouri.

Dr. Karen Wu, an epidemiologist at CDC in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss fatal mold infections after organ transplants from drowned donors.

Dr. Victoria Lynch, a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York, and Sarah Gregory discuss waterborne diseases associated with tropical storms in the United States.

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.

Jennifer Lasley, a senior program manager at the World Organisation for Animal Health in Paris, France, and Sarah Gregory discuss global veterinary diagnostic laboratory equipment and their implications for pandemic preparedness.

Dr. Susanne Franssen, an assistant professor of evolutionary biology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Germany, and Sarah Gregory discuss vertical transmission of Leishmania infantum parasites in hunting dogs in the United States.

Dr. Jorrit Broertjes, a physician and resident in clinical microbiology at the Amsterdam University Medical Centers, and Sarah Gregory discuss pathogens listed as potential bioterrorism agents in the Netherlands.

Dr. Beth Lipton, a public health veterinarian for the Washington State Department of Health, and Sarah Gregory discuss a case of Baylisascaris procyonis roundworm infection in a child in Washington.

Dr. Kaylee Byers, the deputy director of the British Columbia Node of the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative and a university research associate at Simon Fraser University, and Sarah Gregory discuss the effects of culling on Bartonella bacteria in urban rats in Canada.

Dr. Niaz Banaei, a professor of pathology and medicine at Stanford University in California, and Sarah Gregory discuss Mycobacterium marinum infection after an iguana bite in Costa Rica.

Dr. Francesco Origgi, a veterinary microbiologist and pathologist at the University of Messina and University of Bern, and Sarah Gregory discuss the detection of ranid herpesvirus 3 in frogs.

Dr. John McQuiston, a lead in the Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory at CDC in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss the etymology of the bacterium Haematospirillum jordaniae.

Dr. Glenn Telling, the director of the Prion Research Center at Colorado State University, and Sarah Gregory discuss a new prion strain as a cause of chronic wasting disease in a Finland moose.

Dr. Wendy Puryear, a virologist at The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, and Sarah Gregory discuss the spillover of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) into New England seals in the northeastern United States.

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.

Dr. Soushieta Jagadesh, a postdoctoral researcher in Zurich, Switzerland, and Sarah Gregory discuss mapping global bushmeat activities to improve zoonotic spillover surveillance.

Dr. Sen Pei, an assistant professor at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, and Sarah Gregory discuss challenges in forecasting antimicrobial resistance.

Dr. Daniel Romero-Alvarez, an MD and PhD candidate at the University of Kansas, and Sarah Gregory discuss Mycobacterium leprae found in armadillo tissues in museum collections across the United States.