Emerging Infectious Diseases
A podcast highlighting key articles in the current issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, a journal from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 21 minutes
- Episodes
- 337
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
The Red Boy, the Black Cat
Byron Breedlove, managing editor of Emerging Infectious Diseases, discusses the June 2019 EID cover artwork, which is a painting by Goya.
00:11:21 |
Thu 13 Jun 2019
Infectious Diseases in the Workplace
Dr. Marie de Perio, a physician and an infectious disease expert with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, discusses her article about how infectious diseases can spread in the …
00:12:31 |
Mon 03 Jun 2019
Plague in a Dog
Dr. Joshua Daniels, a bacteriologist and associate professor of diagnostic bacteriology at Colorado State University's Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, discusses an unusual case of pneumonic plague …
00:28:47 |
Thu 30 May 2019
Rabbit Fever in Organ Transplant Recipients
Dr. Matthew Kuehnert, medical director for MTF Biologics, the nation's largest tissue bank, discusses how rabbit fever was spread to three patients who received organ transplants.
00:23:22 |
Wed 15 May 2019
Meningitis in U.S. Colleges
Dr. Heidi Soeters, an epidemiologist at CDC, discusses newest vaccines for preventing certain types of meningococcal diseases.
00:17:18 |
Mon 29 Apr 2019
Macrophage Activation Associated with Ebola
Dr. Anita McElroy, a pediatric infectious disease physician and scientist at the University of Pittsburg and a guest researcher at CDC, discusses her article about macrophages, an infection-fighting …
00:15:26 |
Thu 18 Apr 2019
Developing Biological Reference Materials to Prepare for Epidemics
Dr. Tommy Rampling, a clinician and academic fellow at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in London, discusses the need for biological reference materials to prepare for high-threat pathogens.
00:22:29 |
Mon 08 Apr 2019
Zika IgM Detection a Year or More after Illness
Isabel Griffin, an outbreak epidemiologist at the Florida Department of Health in Miami, discusses the surprising long duration of IgM antibodies in Zika patients.
00:15:36 |
Mon 01 Apr 2019
In Memoriam: Katrin Kohl
Dr. Nina Marano and Dr. Steve Waterman of CDC discuss the life and public health contributions of their CDC colleague, Dr. Katrin Kohl, who died unexpectedly in 2018 at the age of 54.
00:21:52 |
Tue 19 Mar 2019
Tuberculosis Surveillance and Control in Puerto Rico
Dr. Emilio Dirlikov, a CDC epidemiologist, discusses his historical review of tuberculosis surveillance and control in Puerto Rico.
00:27:47 |
Thu 07 Mar 2019
Neglected Hosts of Small Ruminant Morbillivirus
Dr. Claudia Schulz, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Hanover, Germany, discusses the role of pigs and wild boars as hosts of small ruminant morbillivirus.
00:30:11 |
Thu 28 Feb 2019
Will Letter Grades in NYC Help prevent Salmonella Infections?
Melanie Firestone, a PhD candidate at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, discusses the use of letter grades for restaurant inspection scores in New York City.
00:07:45 |
Tue 12 Feb 2019
Cryptococcus gattii in the Southeastern U.S.
Dr. Shawn Lockhart, a lead research microbiologist at CDC, discusses the history of the fungus Cryptococcus gattii in the southeastern United States.
00:21:05 |
Fri 08 Feb 2019
Bird Migration and West Nile Virus in the U.S.
Dr. Alan Barrett, Professor and Vice Chair for Research, in the Department of Pathology of University of Texas, Medical Branch, discusses how bird migratory patterns affect West Nile virus outbreaks …
00:31:27 |
Mon 28 Jan 2019
A Koala Bite Wound and Lonepinella Infection
Dr. Holly Sinclair, medical doctor in clinical microbiology and infectious diseases at Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, discusses a new type of infection spread through the bite of koalas.
00:18:35 |
Thu 24 Jan 2019
Community Interventions for Pregnant Women with Zika Virus in Puerto Rico
Dr. Giulia Earle-Richardson, a behavioral scientist at CDC, discusses interventions to prevent Zika in pregnant women in Puerto Rico.
00:31:27 |
Wed 09 Jan 2019
The Mother of All Pandemics
Dr. David Morens, of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, discusses the 1918 influenza pandemic.
00:28:31 |
Thu 20 Dec 2018
Using Genomic Data to Find the Source of Salmonella enterica Typhimurium
Dr. Xiangyu Deng, an assistant professor at the University of Georgia, discusses the use of genomic sequencing to identify the source of salmonella infection.
00:13:50 |
Wed 19 Dec 2018
WWI and the 1918 Flu Pandemic
CDC's Dr. Terence Chorba discusses his EID cover art essay about the 1918 flu pandemic and the WWI painting by John Singer Sargent.
00:24:03 |
Wed 12 Dec 2018
Travel-related Threat of Zika Virus Transmission in California
Dr. Charsey Porse, an epidemiologist with the California Department of Public Health, discusses efforts to monitor and prevent local transmission of Zika.
00:15:58 |
Thu 06 Dec 2018
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