Emerging Infectious Diseases

Dr. Susan Mikota, co-founder of Elephant Care International, discusses TB in wild Asian elephants.

Dr. Barry Kreiswirth, founding director of the Public Health Research Institute, TB Center, at Rutgers University, discusses TB in three captive elephants.

Dr. Vicki Kramer, with the California Department of Public Health, discusses two cases of plague in Yosemite National Park.

Dr. Mark Eberhard, a retired parasitologist and CDC guest researcher, discusses Guinea worm infection in a wild-caught frog.

Dr. David Denning, President of the Global Action Fund for Fungal Infections and an infectious diseases clinician, discusses antimicrobial resistance and fungus.

EID Managing Editor, Byron Breedlove, reads his cover art story, A Simple Sketch Symbolizing Self-Reliance.

Dr. Robert Webster, an Emeritus member of the Department of Infectious Diseases at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, discusses his cover art story on stained glass and influenza.

Dr. Colin Basler, an epidemiologist with CDC, discusses his article on Salmonella infections associated with keeping live poultry in backyards.

Dr. Stacey Bosch, a veterinarian with CDC, discusses her article on Salmonella infections associated with baby turtles.

Dr. Charlotte Kvasnovsky, a surgery resident and Ph. D. candidate in biostatistics, discusses various types of drug resistance in TB patients in South Africa.

Dr. Moon Kim, a medical epidemiologist at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, discusses an Ebola virus disease survivor and the delivery of her baby.

Dr. Eric Ebel, a veterinarian and risk analyst with USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service, discusses his article on sporadic and outbreak-associated cases of foodborne illness

Poet, Peter Makuck, reads his poem, Flu Days.

Dr. Salaam Semaan, a CDC behavioral scientist, discusses the similarities between geometric abstract art and public health data analysis.

Sarah Gregory reads an abridged version of an article on the resurgence of yellow fever in Angola.

Dr. Rodrigo Hasbun, a professor of infectious diseases at McGovern Medical School at UT Health, discusses the need for West Nile virus testing in Texas.

Dr. Richard Franka, a CDC scientist, discusses rabies in organ transplant recipients.

Dr. Tyler Sharp, a CDC epidemiologist, discusses dengue in southern Texas.

Sarah Gregory reads an abridged version of the article, Scarlet Fever Upsurge in England and Molecular-Genetic Analysis in North-West London, 2014.

CDC's tick expert, Dr. Christopher Paddock, discusses ticks found in a new location.

Katherine Lamba, an infectious disease epidemiologist with the California Department of Public Health, discusses Shiga Toxin producing Shigella sonnei.

Sarah Gregory reads an abridged version of the article, Nipah Virus Transmission from Bats to Humans Associated with Drinking Traditional Liquor Made from Date Palm Sap, Bangladesh, 2011-2014.

Reginald Tucker reads an abridged version of the commentary by CDC author Ronald Rosenberg, Threat from Emerging Vectorborne Viruses.

Reginald Tucker reads an abridged version of the article, Determinants and Drivers of Infectious Disease Threat Events in Europe.

Dr. Christopher Uejio, Department of Geography and Program in Public Health, Florida State University, discusses Cryptococcus gattii on Vancouver Island.