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Div. of Media Relations
1600 Clifton Road
MS D-14
Atlanta, GA 30333
(404) 639-3286
Fax (404) 639-7394 |
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Synopsis for September 20, 2002
The MMWR is embargoed until 1 PM ET,
Thursdays.
- Acute Flaccid Paralysis Syndrome Associated with
West Nile Virus Infection - Mississippi and Louisiana, July-August
2002
- Human Rabies - Tennessee, 2002
- Carbon-Monoxide Poisoning Resulting from Exposure
to Ski-Boat Exhaust - Georgia, June 2002
- Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication - India,
Bangladesh, and Nepal, January 2001-June 2002
- Update: Investigations of West Nile Virus
Infections in Recipients of Organ Transplantation and Blood
Transfusion
- West Nile Virus Activity - United States, September
12-18, 2002, and Ohio, January 1-September 12, 2002
Reports & Recommendations
September 20, 2002/Vol. 51/No. RR-14
Core Functions and Capabilities of State Public Health Laboratories:
A Report of the Association of Public Health Laboratories
Contact: John Ridderhof
CDC, Public Health Practice Program Office
(770) 488-2400
National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol
Effect
Contact: Louise Floyd
CDC, National Center for Birth Defects & Developmental Disabilities
(404) 402-1949 (Alternate: Mary Kate Webber, 404-402-1951)
| Telebriefing for September
19, 2002 |
| WHO: |
Dr. Lyle Petersen, CDC West Nile virus expert,
and
Dr. Jesse Goodman, FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and
Research |
| WHAT: |
To discuss the latest information about the
West Nile virus investigations. Brief remarks followed by Q/A. |
| WHEN: |
Thursday, September 19, 2002; NOON ET |
| WHERE: |
At your desk, by toll-free conference line: Dial
866-254-5942
Teleconference name: CDC |
| A full transcript will be available
today following the teleconference and this teleconference
will also be audio webcast. Access both at http://www.cdc.gov/media/. |
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Synopsis for September 20, 2002
Acute Flaccid Paralysis Syndrome Associated with West
Nile Virus Infection - Mississippi and Louisiana, July-August 2002
PRESS CONTACT:
Division of Media Relations
CDC, Office of Communication
(404) 639-3286 |
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Summary not available.
Human Rabies - Tennessee, 2002
If contact with a bat should occur, individuals should contact their
local health care provider immediately.
PRESS CONTACT:
Michael OReilly
CDC, National Center for Infectious Diseases
(404) 6391050 |
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On August 31, 2002, a 13-year-old boy in Tennessee died from rabies. The
patients family had several pets, but none of these animals had been
ill. The parents of the boy reported that he had found a bat on the ground
at a nearby lake and brought it home. The family was unaware of any animal
bite and did not know that bats might be rabid and could transmit rabies
virus to humans. Overall, rates of human cases of rabies in the United
States are low (average 3 cases per year). However, since 1990, a total of
26 of the 35 human rabies deaths have been associated with bat-variant
rabies viruses; only two of those cases included a known history of an
animal bite. Bats are not appropriate as pets and should be physically
removed from buildings and structures in close proximity to people.
Carbon-Monoxide Poisoning Resulting from Exposure to
Ski-Boat Exhaust - Georgia, June 2002
PRESS CONTACT:
Susan McClure
CDC, National Center for Environmental Health
(770) 4884628 |
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Summary not available.
Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication ─
India, Bangladesh, and Nepal, January 2001-June 2002
PRESS CONTACT:
Hamid Jafari, MD
CDC, National Immunization Program
(404) 639-8252
(Alternate: Victor Caceres, MD, MPH, same phone number) |
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Since the World Health Assembly resolved in May 1988 to eradicate
poliomyelitis, the estimated incidence of polio has decreased >99%.
Three World Health Organization (WHO) regions (American, Western Pacific,
and European) have been certified polio free. Member countries of the
South-East Asia Region (SEAR) of WHO have made substantial progress toward
the eradication goal. By January 2001, indigenous wild poliovirus
transmission in SEAR was limited to northern India. Despite this progress,
current intense poliovirus transmission in northern India poses a
continuing threat to Bangladesh and Nepal where the last polio cases were
identified in August and November of 2000, respectively. To interrupt
transmission in northern India, innovative measures are needed to improve
community mobilization and the quality of supplemental immunization
activities to reach every child with OPV.
Update: Investigations of West Nile Virus Infections in
Recipients of Organ Transplantation and Blood Transfusion
PRESS CONTACT:
Division of Media Relations
CDC, Office of Communication
(404) 639-3286 |
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Summary not available.
West Nile Virus Activity - United States, September
12-18, 2002, and Ohio, January 1-September 12, 2002
PRESS CONTACT:
Division of Media Relations
CDC, Office of Communication
(404) 639-3286 |
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Summary not available.
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