Emerging Infectious Diseases

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

A podcast highlighting key articles in the current issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, a journal from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Yesterday · 41 min
Liquid Bread and Invisible Worlds-Beer, Fungi, and the Origins of Microbial Control
Dr. Nic Hoffmann, a medical historian, and Dr. Shawn Lockhart, a senior advisor for mycology with the Mycotic Diseases Branch at CDC, discuss the history of beer and fermentation, the hidden world of fungi, and the evolving role of fungi in human health and disease.
August 21 · 32 min
Pediatric Meningoencephalitis Cluster Caused by Snowshoe Hare Virus, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, 2024
Dr. Faisal Ali and Dr. Jennifer Tam from the British Columbia Children's Hospital and University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, Dr. Rohit Vijh from the Vancouver Coastal Health Public Health Surveillance Unit, and Dr. Anya Smith from the BC Centre for Disease Control discuss a cluster of meningoencephalitis cases caused by snowshoe hare virus and describe the public health investigation and mosquito surveillance pilot project that followed.
May 11 · 41 min
Genetically Similar High-Risk Strains of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales in Humans and Companion Animals, United States
Dr. Richard Stanton, a molecular epidemiologist at CDC's Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, and Dr. Allison James, a veterinarian and microbiologist at CDC's Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, discuss their study on genetically similar high-risk strains of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales found in humans and companion animals in the United States.
February 19 · 18 min
Campylobacteriosis Outbreak Linked to Municipal Water, Nebraska, USA, 2021
Dr. Lauren Jansen, an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, and Brianna Loeck, and epidemiologist with the state of Nebraska, discuss an outbreak of campylobacteriosis that occurred in Nebraska in 2021.
Aug 19, 2025 · 17 min
National Surveillance of Human Ehrlichiosis Caused by Ehrlichia ewingii, United States, 2013-2021
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 Diseases, discuss national surveillance of human ehrlichiosis caused by Ehrlichia ewingii in the United States.
May 16, 2025 · 30 min
Homelessness and Bartonella quintana Infections
Dr. Grace Marx, an infectious disease physician and medical epidemiologist with CDC's Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, and Dr. Emily Mosites, an epidemiologist at the Multnomah County Health Department in Portland, Oregon, discuss Bartonella quintana infections among people experiencing homelessness.
Jan 8, 2025 · 23 min
Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay to Detect Invasive Malaria Vector Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes
Cristina Rafferty, a molecular biologist with the US President's Malaria Initiative at CDC, and former Public Health Entomology for All program interns Gloria Raise and JeNiyah Scaife discuss a new loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay to detect invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes.
Dec 21, 2024 · 29 min
Thelazia callipaeda Eyeworms in American Black Bear, Pennsylvania, USA, 2023
Dr. Carol Sobotyk, an assistant professor of clinical parasitology and director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania, and Candice Hoffmann discuss Thelazia callipaeda eyeworms in an American black bear.
Nov 15, 2024 · 17 min
Carbapenem-Resistant and Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacterales in Children, United States, 2016-2020
Dr. Heather Grome, a medical epidemiologist in CDC's National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, and Candice Hoffmann discuss antimicrobial-resistant infections in children.
Oct 31, 2024 · 34 min
Infectious Diseases and Clinical Xenotransplantation
Dr. Jay Fishman, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and director of the Transplantation Infectious Disease Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Candice Hoffmann discuss xenotransplantation.
Sep 10, 2024 · 32 min
Newly Recognized Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia as Cause of Severe Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever-Like Illness, Northern California, USA
Doctors Anne Kjemtrup and Kerry Padgett from the California Department of Health and Candice Hoffmann discuss a newly recognized spotted fever group Rickettsia as the cause of severe Rocky Mountain spotted fever-like illness in California.
Aug 22, 2024 · 24 min
Decolonization and Pathogen Reduction Approaches to Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections
Dr. Mihnea "Mike" Mangalea, a microbial ecologist and bioinformatician in CDC's National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, and Candice Hoffmann discuss decolonization and pathogen reduction approaches to prevent antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections.
Mar 14, 2024 · 26 min
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus for Clinicians-An Overview
Dr. Gaby Frank, a hospitalist and medical director of Denver Health Hospital Authority's Biocontainment Unit and a professor of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and Candice Hoffmann discuss Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus.
Feb 28, 2024 · 19 min
Norovirus Genogroup IX Outbreaks in Long-Term Care Facilities in Utah, USA [Original Post 11/30/2022]
BreAnne Osborn, an epidemiologist at the Utah Department of Health in Salt Lake City, and Sarah Gregory discuss outbreaks of norovirus genotype IX in long-term care facilities in Utah.
Feb 1, 2024 · 27 min
C. difficile in Pigs and People, Europe
Dr. Geraldine Moloney, an infectious diseases physician at Cork University Hospital in Ireland, and Sarah Gregory discuss the transmission of C. difficile in pigs and in people across Europe. [Original Post 10/14/2021]
Jan 17, 2024 · 18 min
Human Melioidosis Caused by Novel Transmission of Pathogen from Freshwater Home Aquarium, United States [Original Post 12/16/2021]
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 States.
Dec 14, 2023 · 29 min
Human Salmonellosis Outbreak Linked to Salmonella Typhimurium Epidemic in Wild Songbirds, United States, 2020-2021
Dr. Megin Nichols, a veterinary epidemiologist at CDC in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss Salmonella in songbirds and its effect on people.
Dec 8, 2023 · 26 min
Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection in Brown Rats (Rattus norvegicus), Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2019-2022
Dr. Guilherme Verocai, a clinical assistant professor at Texas A&M University, and Sarah Gregory discuss rat lungworm infection in brown rats in Atlanta, Georgia.
Nov 30, 2023 · 37 min
Micro‒Global Positioning Systems for Identifying Nightly Opportunities for Marburg Virus Spillover to Humans by Egyptian Rousette Bats
Dr. Brian Amman, a disease ecologist at CDC in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss the risk of Marburg virus spillover from Egyptian rousette bats.
Nov 22, 2023 · 16 min
Salmonella in Thanksgiving Turkey, 1998-2018 [Original Post 1/26/2022]
Dr. Farrell Tobolowsky, a CDC FLIGHT fellow in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss Salmonella serotypes associated with illness after the Thanksgiving holiday.

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