EPID 600 - Introduction to Public Health Practice - Fall 2015

Bioterrorism agents

• CDC - Agent List (note contents by category)
• AHRQ - Mass Prophylaxis - Planning for prevention
• Q-Fever FAQ from Arizona DPH (Check the web to see what you cna find out about Q Fever in Holland (Netherlands) at present.
• JAMA - Tularemia as a Biological Weapon
• CDC - Video "History of Bioterrorism"
  

Rabies

• CDC - About Rabies
• CDC - Rabies page for the public
• Medline - Rabies page
• The Animal Health Channel - Rabies
• Cat Fancier's Asscn - Rabies
• Virginia Department of Agriculture, Division of Animal Industry Services

Animal Diseases

• CDC - All About Hantavirus (look at the Case Definition)
• CDC - Healthy Pets
• I.O.M. The Emergence of Zoonotic Diseases:
• VDH Review of Cryptospidiosis
• NYS-DoH - Giardiasis
• Diagnosis & Management of Tick Borne Diseases (CDC 2005)
• PAHO - Zoonoses
• Prevention of tick-borne diseases
  Prevention of Zoonoses (slide show)
  
• WHO: Ebola hemorrhagic fever
• Los Angeles DPH (Veterinary Section) Zoonosis on-line Handbook

Animal Bite Information Sites

• National Geographic: U.S. Facing Feral-Dog Crisis
• National Injury Prevention Site - Preventing Animal Bites
• AFP - Prevention and Treatment of Dog Bites
• A Lawyer's view of DOG Bites
• A Plastic Surgeon's View

Avian Influenza (Since the 'dreaded' pandemic fizzled most of the URLs for this topic have been removed)

• CDC - Unmasking the 1918 Influenza Virus
• HHS Pandemic Flu Plan
• WHO - Avian Influenza Fact Sheet

Updated: March 2015