Updates From the Field: Anthrax, Dengue, and More...

Updates From the Field: Anthrax, Dengue, and More...

Summer 2013, Issue 11 FEATURED STORY Increase in Human Anthrax Cases in Georgia Sparks Outbreak Investigation Skin ulcer caused by cutaneous anthrax While conducting an investigation on the incidence of anthrax in Georgia as part of my field epidemiology training, I noticed a sudden three-fold increase in human cases of cutaneous anthrax in the first months of 2012. Suspecting an outbreak, I alerted my FELTP director, and two U.S. CDC anthrax experts were dispatched to the Georgia National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC) to help with the investigation. Full text Also in this issue: CDC Center for Global Health establishes the Division of Global Health Protection (proposed) Dengue Outbreak Among Aid Workers in Haiti Improving Health in Informal Communities in Sub-Saharan Africa through Partnerships CDC Joins Forces with International Partners to Improve Electronic Disease Surveillance Systems China FETP Residents Discover Deadly New Species of Mushroom in Yunnan Province EIS International Night A Resounding Success Focusing on Mental Health in a Humanitarian Crisis