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Hantavirus Disease | July 9th, 2024

Date of Presentation: July 9, 2024

Type: Past Presentation  

Audience: Clinical  

Program: Infectious Disease   Emergency Medicine with Rural and Indigenous Communities/IHS  

Keywords: #5-point  #cardiopulmonary syndrome  #hantavirus  

In this series of presentations, Dr. Leslie Stewart, Infectious Diseases physician at the IHS Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility, welcomes Dr. Mary Choi, Medical Officer for the CDC, as she presents on Hantavirus Disease and the 5-point screen. Dr. Choi provides an overview of Hantavirus, the epidemiology in the U.S., the clinical presentation of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS), and related laboratory testing, treatment, and hantavirus 5-point screen. Then, CDR Donna Gilbert, Acting Director of the Division of Environmental Health Services serving Navajo Area Indian Health Services and Elvina Clark, District Sanitarian serving the Gallup and Crownpoint Indian Health Service Units, both perform site investigations and briefly share what a “site visit” entails.

Recording:

Presented by:

Dr. Mary Choi, MD, MPH

Dr. Mary Choi, MD, MPH, is a Medical Officer with the Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CDR Donna Gilbert

CDR Donna Gilbert, is the Acting Director of the Division of Environmental Health Services serving Navajo Area Indian Health Services.

Elvina Clark

Elvina Clark, is the District Sanitarian serving the Gallup and Crownpoint Indian Health Service Units.

Dr. Leslie Stewart
Dr. Leslie Stewart
Faculty

Leslie Stewart, MD, is an infectious diseases physician who has worked in Chinle, Arizona since 2018. She has a special interest in pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV (PrEP) and HIV care. She completed her internal medicine and infectious diseases training at the University of Pennsylvania where she is an adjunct assistant professor. Leslie is board certified in infectious diseases and internal medicine.

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Date added: July 1, 2024