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Environmental Public Health Zoonotic Disease surveillance includes veternary, environmental, and vector data. Surveillance systems within each sector may appear disparate from each other, although they are actually complimentaly and closely allied. Consolidating and integrating data in to one application can be challenging, but there are commonalities shared by all. The goal of the One Health Integrated Data Sysytem is to standardize data collection, streamline data entry, and integrate these sectors in to one application.

Objective:

Integrate and streamline the collection and analysis of environmental, veterinary, and vector zoonotic data using a One Health approach to data system development.

Submitted by elamb on

Motivated by the global One Health movement, the Washington State Department of Health began a strategic effort to form a One Health Initiative for the state in early 2014. Early research on the topic found that many states were working on One Health, but we did not find any published models of the processes used to establish it as an initiative.

Objective

This presentation describes a model of the process used to form Washington State’s One Health Initiative. We will provide three examples of how the One Health model is being applied to three emerging pathogen issues. Our objective for this information is to provide this model for others to consider who may be seeking to establish One Health Initiatives in their own regions.

Submitted by Magou on

Coccidioidomycosis, commonly referred to as Valley Fever, is caused by the soil-borne saprophytic fungus C. immitis and posadasii. These species have historically been found in the desert southwest and Mexico; however, in 2010 there were three coccidioidomycosis cases identified in central Washington. Colonization of soils by C. immitis has been confirmed at exposure sites associated with these cases. Multiple studies have identified a relationship between environmental conditions and C. immitis growth areas, but these relationships have not been evaluated in Washington. The Washington State Department of Health has been conducting environmental surveillance in an effort to understand the geographic distribution of C. immitis in central Washington and the associated risk to humans and animals. Here we describe our environmental surveillance efforts and present preliminary findings related to environmental conditions of C. immitis growth areas in central Washington.

Objective

Our objective is to describe the environmental conditions associated with confirmed Coccidioides immitis growth and accumulation sites in south central Washington in an effort to understand the ecology and identify additional potential sites across this emerging endemic zone. 

 

 

Submitted by Magou on
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