Emerging Infectious Diseases
Episodes
National Surveillance of Human Ehrlichiosis Caused by Ehrlichia ewingii, United States, 2013-2021
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sydney Adams, a CDC ORISE fellow, and Dr. Johanna Salzer, a veterinary medical officer and epidemiology team lead in CDC's Division of Vector-Borne Di...
Homelessness and Bartonella quintana Infections
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Grace Marx, an infectious disease physician and medical epidemiologist with CDC's Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, and Dr. Emily Mosites, an epi...
Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay to Detect Invasive Malaria Vector Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cristina Rafferty, a molecular biologist with the US President's Malaria Initiative at CDC, and former Public Health Entomology for All program intern...
Thelazia callipaeda Eyeworms in American Black Bear, Pennsylvania, USA, 2023
21 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Carol Sobotyk, an assistant professor of clinical parasitology and director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory at the University of Pennsylva...
Carbapenem-Resistant and Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacterales in Children, United States, 2016-2020
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Heather Grome, a medical epidemiologist in CDC's National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, and Candice Hoffmann discuss antim...
Infectious Diseases and Clinical Xenotransplantation
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jay Fishman, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and director of the Transplantation Infectious Disease Program at Massachusetts Gen...
Newly Recognized Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia as Cause of Severe Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever-Like Illness, Northern California, USA
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Doctors Anne Kjemtrup and Kerry Padgett from the California Department of Health and Candice Hoffmann discuss a newly recognized spotted fever group R...
Decolonization and Pathogen Reduction Approaches to Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Mihnea "Mike" Mangalea, a microbial ecologist and bioinformatician in CDC's National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, and Can...
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus for Clinicians-An Overview
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Gaby Frank, a hospitalist and medical director of Denver Health Hospital Authority's Biocontainment Unit and a professor of medicine at the Univer...
Norovirus Genogroup IX Outbreaks in Long-Term Care Facilities in Utah, USA [Original Post 11/30/2022]
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
BreAnne Osborn, an epidemiologist at the Utah Department of Health in Salt Lake City, and Sarah Gregory discuss outbreaks of norovirus genotype IX in ...
C. difficile in Pigs and People, Europe
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Geraldine Moloney, an infectious diseases physician at Cork University Hospital in Ireland, and Sarah Gregory discuss the transmission of C. diffi...
Human Melioidosis Caused by Novel Transmission of Pathogen from Freshwater Home Aquarium, United States [Original Post 12/16/2021]
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Human Salmonellosis Outbreak Linked to Salmonella Typhimurium Epidemic in Wild Songbirds, United States, 2020-2021
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Megin Nichols, a veterinary epidemiologist at CDC in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss Salmonella in songbirds and its effect on people.
Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection in Brown Rats (Rattus norvegicus), Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2019-2022
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Guilherme Verocai, a clinical assistant professor at Texas A&M University, and Sarah Gregory discuss rat lungworm infection in brown rats in Atlan...
Micro‒Global Positioning Systems for Identifying Nightly Opportunities for Marburg Virus Spillover to Humans by Egyptian Rousette Bats
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Brian Amman, a disease ecologist at CDC in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss the risk of Marburg virus spillover from Egyptian rousette bats.
Salmonella in Thanksgiving Turkey, 1998-2018 [Original Post 1/26/2022]
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Farrell Tobolowsky, a CDC FLIGHT fellow in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss Salmonella serotypes associated with illness after the Thanksgiving ...
Reoccurring Escherichia coli O157:H7 Strain Linked to Leafy Greens-Associated Outbreaks, 2016-2019
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jessica Chen, a bioinformatician at CDC in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss E. coli O157:H7 strain linked to leafy greens-associated outbreaks.
Ancestral Origin and Dissemination Dynamics of Reemerging Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae, Haiti
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Clade 2.3.4.4b Infections in Wild Terrestrial Mammals, United States, 2022
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Betsy Elsmo, an assistant professor of clinical diagnostic veterinary pathology at the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and the Universi...
Increased Incidence of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Children after COVID-19 Pandemic, England [Original Post 8/25/2022]
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Shamez Ladhani, a pediatric infectious disease consultant at the UK Health Security Agency in London, and Sarah Gregory discuss an increase of inv...
Salmonella in Thanksgiving Turkey, 1998-2018 [Original Post 1/26/2022]
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Farrell Tobolowsky, a CDC FLIGHT fellow in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss Salmonella serotypes associated with illness after the Thanksgiving ...
Global Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Equipment Management and Sustainability and Implications for Pandemic Preparedness Priorities [Original Post 7/19/2023]
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Lasley, a senior program manager at the World Organisation for Animal Health in Paris, France, and Sarah Gregory discuss global veterinary di...
Rat Hepatitis E Virus in Norway Rats, Ontario, Canada, 2018-2021
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sarah Robinson, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Guelph, and Sarah Gregory discuss hepatitis E virus in Norway rats in Ontario, Cana...
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Outbreak in New England Seals, United States [Original Post 5/17/2023]
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Wendy Puryear, a virologist at The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, and Sarah Gregory discuss the spillover of highly p...
Human Neural Larva Migrans Caused by Ophidascaris robertsi Ascarid
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Mehrab Hossain, an infectious disease physician in Australia, and Sarah Gregory discuss a case of human neural larva migrans caused by the ascarid...
Prospecting for Zoonotic Pathogens by Using Targeted DNA Enrichment
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Elisha Enabulele, a postdoctoral research associate at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, and Sarah Gregory discuss us...
A Worm's Eye View [Original Post 10/25/2018]
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Taylor, cover artist for the August 2018 issue of EID, discusses how his personal experience with the Loa loa parasite influenced this painting.
Detection of Hantavirus during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Arizona, USA, 2020
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Ariella Dale, a public health scientist at the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, and Sarah Gregory discuss two cases of people infected...
Detection of Orientia spp. Bacteria in Field-Collected Free-Living Eutrombicula Chigger Mites, United States
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Loganathan Ponnusamy, a principal research scholar at North Carolina State University, and Sarah Gregory discuss detection of Orientia species bac...
Effects of Tick-Control Interventions on Ticks, Tickborne Diseases in New York Neighborhoods [Original Post 4/27/2022]
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Felicia Keesing, a David & Rosalie Rose Distinguished Professor of the Sciences, Mathematics, and Computing at Bard College in New York, and Sarah...
Spatial Epidemiologic Analysis and Risk Factors for Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections, Missouri, USA, 2008-2019
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Carlos Mejia-Chew, an assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Disease at Washington University in St. Louis, and Sarah Gregory discuss s...
Fatal Invasive Mold Infections after Transplantation of Organs Recovered from Drowned Donors, United States, 2011-2021
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Karen Wu, an epidemiologist at CDC in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss fatal mold infections after organ transplants from drowned donors.
Waterborne Infectious Diseases Associated with Exposure to Tropical Cyclonic Storms, United States, 1996-2018
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Victoria Lynch, a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York, and Sarah Gregory discuss waterborne...
Pathogenesis and Transmissibility of North American Highly Pathogenic A(H5N1) Influenza A Virus in the Ferret Model [Original Post 10/19/2022]
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Joanna Pulit-Penaloza, a biologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss avian influenza A(H5N1)...
Global Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Equipment Management and Sustainability and Implications for Pandemic Preparedness Priorities
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Lasley, a senior program manager at the World Organisation for Animal Health in Paris, France, and Sarah Gregory discuss global veterinary di...
Geographic Origin and Vertical Transmission of Leishmania infantum Parasites in Hunting Hounds, United States [Original Post 7/15/2022]
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Susanne Franssen, an assistant professor of evolutionary biology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Germany, and Sarah Gregory disc...
Epidemiology of Pathogens Listed as Potential Bioterrorism Agents, the Netherlands, 2009‒2019
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jorrit Broertjes, a physician and resident in clinical microbiology at the Amsterdam University Medical Centers, and Sarah Gregory discuss pathoge...
Baylisascaris procyonis Roundworm Infection in Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Washington, USA, 2022
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Beth Lipton, a public health veterinarian for the Washington State Department of Health, and Sarah Gregory discuss a case of Baylisascaris procyon...
Culling Norway Rats not associated with Bartonella Species [Original Post 9/1/2022]
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kaylee Byers, the deputy director of the British Columbia Node of the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative and a university research associate at ...
Mycobacterium marinum Infection after Iguana Bite in Costa Rica
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Niaz Banaei, a professor of pathology and medicine at Stanford University in California, and Sarah Gregory discuss Mycobacterium marinum infection...
Ranid Herpesvirus 3 Infection in Common Frog Rana temporaria Tadpoles
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Francesco Origgi, a veterinary microbiologist and pathologist at the University of Messina and University of Bern, and Sarah Gregory discuss the d...
Haematospirillum jordaniae Etymologia
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. John McQuiston, a lead in the Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory at CDC in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss the etymology of the bacteriu...
Novel Prion Strain as Cause of Chronic Wasting Disease in a Moose, Finland
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Outbreak in New England Seals, United States
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Wendy Puryear, a virologist at The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, and Sarah Gregory discuss the spillover of highly p...
Pathogenesis and Transmissibility of North American Highly Pathogenic A(H5N1) Influenza A Virus in the Ferret Model [Original Post 10/19/2022]
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Joanna Pulit-Penaloza, a biologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss avian influenza A(H5N1)...
Mapping Global Bushmeat Activities to Improve Zoonotic Spillover Surveillance by Using Geospatial Modeling
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Soushieta Jagadesh, a postdoctoral researcher in Zurich, Switzerland, and Sarah Gregory discuss mapping global bushmeat activities to improve zoon...
Challenges in Forecasting Antimicrobial Resistance
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sen Pei, an assistant professor at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, and Sarah Gregory discuss challenges in forecasting...
Mycobacterium leprae in Armadillo Tissues from Museum Collections, United States
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Daniel Romero-Alvarez, an MD and PhD candidate at the University of Kansas, and Sarah Gregory discuss Mycobacterium leprae found in armadillo tiss...
Burkholderia thailandensis Isolated from the Environment, United States
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. David Wagner, a professor at the Pathogen and Microbiome Institute at Northern Arizona University, and Sarah Gregory discuss the detection of Burk...
Interventions to Reduce Risk for Pathogen Spillover and Early Disease Spread to Prevent Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Neil Vora, a physician with Conservation International in Arlington, Virginia, and Sarah Gregory discuss pathogen spillover and ways to reduce the...