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
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.
Resources Provided:
- To Claim CE
- How to Clean Up After Rodents (CDC)
- Hantavirus Resources - Navajo Epidemiology Center
- Understanding Hantavirus - Navajo Epidemiology Center
Date added: July 1, 2024