Public Health Grand Rounds on Tuesday, March 21, at 1:00 p.m. (ET)

We are pleased to announce the next session of Public Health Grand Rounds, “Emerging Tickborne Diseases,” which will be held on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. (ET). Infections from tickborne diseases (TBD) in the US are steadily increasing -- and new TBD have been discovered in recent years. Ticks are vectors that can carry infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, or parasites. When an infected tick bites a person or an animal, the tick’s saliva transmits infectious agents that can cause illness. Some ticks can transmit multiple diseases. These “co-infections” pose challenges for diagnosing, treating and preventing TBD. The geographic ranges of ticks also are expanding. Ticks differ in their tolerance to heat, cold and aridity, making certain tick species more common than others in any given location in the United States. Different species transmit different diseases and this leads to differences in TBD incidence by geographic region in the US. Join us for this session of Public Health Grand Rounds as experts discuss emerging tickborne diseases, treatment options, prevention strategies, and advances in diagnosing TBD. Future Grand Rounds topics include the National ALS Registry, preventing Legionnaires’ disease, and promoting hearing health across the lifespan. CDC’s Public Health Grand Rounds Presents: “Emerging Tickborne Diseases” Tuesday, March 21, 2017 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET Global Communications Center (Building 19) Alexander D. Langmuir Auditorium Roybal Campus Presented By: Rebecca Eisen, PhD Research Biologist, Bacterial Diseases Branch Division of Vector-Borne Diseases National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC “Expanding Diversity and Distribution of Tickborne Diseases” Christopher D. Paddock, MD Medical Officer, Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch Division of Vector-Borne Diseases National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC “Tickborne Spotted Fevers – Old and New” Gregory D. Ebel, ScD Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology Immunology and Pathology Director, Arthropod-Borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Colorado State University “Emerging Tickborne Viruses” Bobbi Pritt, MD, MSc, DTM&H Director, Clinical Parasitology and Microbiology Initial Processing and Media Laboratories Associate Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Division of Clinical Microbiology Mayo Clinic “Advances in Diagnosing Tickborne Diseases”     Facilitated By: John Iskander, MD, MPH, Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds Phoebe Thorpe, MD, MPH, Deputy Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds Susan Laird, MSN, RN, Communications Director, Public Health Grand Rounds Our sessions are open to the public: A live webcast will be available on our website. The link will be live five minutes before the presentation. View our sessions on ourarchive page at your convenience. Sessions are archived 3 to 4 days after each presentation. For non-CDC staff who want to attend in person: Non-CDC staff must have prior security clearance. US citizens must submit a request to the Grand Rounds Team. A US state-issued photo ID (e.g., driver’s license, US passport) is required. Non-US citizens must submit their requests 20 days prior to the session to the Grand Rounds Team, and additional information will be required. For individuals requiring reasonable accommodations: It is the policy of CDC to provide reasonable accommodations (RA) for qualified individuals with disabilities to ensure their full inclusion in CDC-sponsored events. Employees are asked to submit RA requests at least 5 business days prior to the event. Please e-mail the request to grandrounds@cdc.gov. For questions about this Grand Rounds topic: Feel free to e-mail your questions before or during the session. Grand Rounds is available for continuing education. All continuing education credit for Public Health Grand Rounds (PHGR) is issued online through the CDC/ATSDR Training and Continuing Education Online system. If you have questions, you can email Learner Support  or call them at 1-800-41-TRAIN (1-800-418-7246). Those who view PHGR and wish to receive continuing education must complete the online seminar evaluation. Continuing education will be available for up to 2 years and 1 month after the initial offering. The course code for all PHGR sessions is PHGR10. Target audience: physicians, nurses, epidemiologists, pharmacists, veterinarians, certified health education specialists, laboratorians, and others. Objectives: List key measures of burden of disease involving morbidity, mortality, and/or cost. Describe evidence-based preventive interventions and the status of their implementations. Identify one key prevention science research gap. Name one key indicator by which progress and meeting prevention goals is measured. 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