Infectious Diseases & Epidemiology

National Report -- Of 35 equine cases of West Nile virus (WNV) reported nationwide so far this season, 20 are in Washington state.

Seventeen states have reported 140 cases of Eastern equine encephalitis so far this season.

Manhattan, Kan. -- Two Kansas State professors and one from Iowa State University are collaborating with a scientist at the New York State Department of Health (NYDH) on diagnostic and intervention tools for the H1N1 virus.

Read a Q&A about canine influenza with Dr. Cynda Crawford.

Davis, Calif. -- The coroner's office put to rest the suspicion that a University of California-Davis veterinary hospital worker died of the H1N1 influenza virus last week.

Ames, Iowa -- Researchers at the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine working on developing flu vaccines for swine landed a state grant for nearly $150,000, and other Iowa State veterinary researchers will receive nearly $70,000.

Washington -- A new government study says the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) didn't adequately assess the biosecurity and economic risks of moving the Plum Island, N.Y., animal-disease research lab to a Kansas State University site in Manhattan, Kan.

In this video, Dr. Melissa Kennedy outlines how to diagnose this daunting disease.

Methicillin is a narrow spectrum beta-lactam antibiotic of the penicillin class.

Brucella canis is a non-motile, Gram negative coccobacillus with a host range limited to domestic and wild canids.

Feline leukemia virus is endemic wherever there are free-roaming cats.

Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is feared by people who breed cats.

Ocular disease due to feline herpesvirus (FHV) is common.

Increasing numbers of human beings are immunocompromised as a result of illness or the use of immunosuppressive drugs, and it is estimated that at least 30% to 40% of immunocompromised patients own companion animals.

Bartonella infections of domestic cats have only recently been recognized, but likely have existed for thousands of years.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus infections have been a concern in human medicine since the first healthcare-associated MR Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA) infections were reported in human beings in 1961.

Canine leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease that small animal veterinarians are likely to encounter in routine clinical practice.

Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) remains a daunting disease-its pathogenesis is unclear, it can be difficult to diagnose, especially in the dry form, and it is uniformly fatal.

A review of what's happening with canine parvovirus in the United States.

Washington -- A summary of the latest research on equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy (EHM), based on interviews with 18 veterinarians or state equine program managers who dealt with outbreaks in recent years, is available through the USDA?s Animal and Plant Health Inspections Services' (APHIS) Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health (CEAH).

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, strains have become more prevalent over the last 10 years.

This educational vacation in August benefits individuals-and the practice.

Washington - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the first license for an antimicrobial pesticide product to deactivate anthrax spores on hard surfaces.

In this introduction to DVM Newsmagazine's step-by-step veterinary pictorial tutorial, Dr. Crowe explains the general indications for using spica, meta and back splints.

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Philadelphia -- An outbreak that killed six dogs, resulting in the quarantine of two Pennsylvania SPCA shelters and a hospital, has been attributed to 'strep zoo,' a bacterial infection.

Philadelphia -- Isolated cases of severe canine illness resulting in six deaths closed two shelters and a hospital run by the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PSPCA).

Investigators may never confirm the source of H1N1, but the outbreak lead to more research dollars.

The human nose is too cold for avian flu viruses to flourish.

Fort Collins, Colo. -- The Rocky Mountain Regional Center of Excellence was awarded $36.4 million to continue researching vaccines, tests and treatments for some of the world's most plaguing infectious diseases.