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INFECTIOUS DISEASES
IMPACT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES • 14 th century - Europe - plague kills 20 -45% of the world’s population • 1831 - Cairo - 13% of population succumbs to cholera • 1854 -56 - Crimean war – deaths due to dysentery were 10 times higher than deaths due to casualties • 1899 -1902 - Boer War – deaths due to dysentery were 5 times higher than deaths due to casualties
Infectious disease is one of the few genuine adventures left in the world. The dragons are all dead and the lance grows rusty in the chimney corner. . . About the only sporting proposition that remains unimpaired by the relentless domestication of a once free-living human species is the war against those ferocious little fellow creatures, which lurk in the dark corners and stalk us in the bodies of rats, mice and all kinds of domestic animals; which fly and crawl with the insects, and waylay us in our food and drink and even in our love. - (Hans Zinsser, 1934 quoted in Murphy 1994)
• “One can think of the middle of the 20 th century as the end of one of the most important social revolutions in history, the virtual elimination of the infectious diseases as a significant factor in social life” Sir Macfarland Burnet
Ongoing West Nile Outbreak Being Called The Largest Ever In The US As of August 22, CDC is reporting 1, 118 cases of West Nile virus infections in 38 states with 41 deaths. It is the largest West Nile virus outbreak to occur in the US since first reported in 1999. Lyle Petersen, CDC’s vector-borne disease specialist, told the media that the peak usually occurs in mid-August and that he expects many more cases as it takes a couple of weeks for people to develop illness. The cause for the record number of cases this year is unknown but Petersen speculated that unusually warm weather conditions could have made it easier for transmission to humans to occur. Texas has been at the epicenter of the epidemic with approximately half of the cases (586) and half of the deaths (21). To protect themselves, Americans are being urged to “fight the bite” by using mosquito repellent with DEET, dressing in long pants and sleeves, being extra careful at dusk and dawn, and draining any standing water around their premises. LA Times, 14 August 2012 Epidemiology News Briefs - August 23, 2012
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Factors in Promotion of Infectious Disease Agent Environment Host Agent – virus, bacteria, parasite, prion, etc. Host – genetic profile, immune capacity, poverty, nutritional status Environment – biologic and chemical pollution, climate change, deforestation
THE CHAIN OF INFECTION • Etiologic agent • Reservoir – Humans – Animals – Environment (e. g. soil) • Portal of exit • Mode of transmission – Direct – Indirect – Intermediate host • Portal of entry • Susceptible host
PORTALS OF ENTRY/EXIT* OF INFECTIOUS AGENTS • Respiratory – influenza, common cold agents, measels • Genitourinary – sexually transmitted agents • Alimentary track (gut) – Campylobacter, cholera, salmonella • Skin – streptococci, – Percutaneous (vector borne diseases e. g. arboviruses) • Eye – C. trachomatis • Transplacental – cytomegalovirus, HIV * Route of entry and exit not necessarily the same for a single agent e. g. HIV, schistosomaisis
Direct economic impact of selected infectious disease outbreaks, 1990 -2003 Heymann DL. Emerging and re-emerging infections. In Oxford Textbook of Public Health, 5 th ed, 2009, p 1267.
MICROBIAL THREATS (1) • Newly recognized agents (SARS, acinetobacter) • Mutation of zoonotic agents that cause human disease (e. g. , H 5 N 1, H 1 N 1) • Resurgence of endemic diseases (malaria, tuberculosis) • Persisting diseases (measles, polio)
MICROBIAL THREATS (2) • Development of drug-resistant agents (tuberculosis, gonorrhea) • Recognition of etiologic role in chronic diseases (Chlamydia causing respiratory and heart disease; HIV and heart disease) • Use of infectious agents for terrorism and warfare (anthrax)
Forum on Microbial Threats. The impact of globalization on infectious disease emergence and control. Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, Washington DC, 2006, p. 5.
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Multidrug resistant National Academies Press http: //www. nap. edu/books/0309071844/html/13. html
Preventing Emerging Infectious Diseases: A Strategy for the 21 st century. The CDC Plan, p. 26, 1998.
Enserink M. Old drugs losing effectiveness against flu; could statins fill gap? Science 309: 177, 2005.
NEWLY IDENTIFIED INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND PATHOGENS (1) Year Disease or Pathogen 1993 Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (Sin Nombre virus) 1992 Vibrio cholerae O 139 1991 Guanarito virus 1989 Hepatitis C 1988 Hepatitis E; human herpesvirus 6 1983 HIV 1982 Escherichia coli O 157: H 7; Lyme borreliosis; human T-lymphotropic virus type 2 1980 Human T-lymphotropic virus Source: Workshop presentation by David Heymann, World Health Organization, 1999
NEWLY IDENTIFIED INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND PATHOGENS (2) Year Disease or Pathogen 2012 MERS-Co. V 2009 H 1 N 1 2004 Avian influenza (human cases) 2003 SARS 1999 Nipah virus 1997 H 5 N 1 (avian influenza A virus) 1996 New variant Creutzfelt-Jacob disease; Australian bat lyssavirus 1995 Human herpesvirus 8 (Kaposi’s sarcoma virus) 1994 Savia virus; Hendra virus Source: Workshop presentation by David Heymann, World Health Organization, 1999
DISEASE EMERGENCE AND RE-EMERGENCE: CAUSES • GENETIC/BIOLOGIC FACTORS – Host and agent mutations – Increased survival of susceptibles • HUMAN BEHAVIOR – POLITICAL – SOCIAL – ECONOMIC • PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS – crowding • ECOLOGIC FACTORS – Climatic changes – Deforestation – Etc.
FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO EMERGENCE OR RE-EMERGENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES (1) • Human demographic change by which persons begin to live in previously uninhabited remote areas of the world and are exposed to new environmental sources of infectious agents, insects and animals • Unsustainable urbanization causes breakdowns of sanitary and other public health measures in overcrowded cities (e. g. , slums)
FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO EMERGENCE OR RE-EMERGENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2) • Economic development and changes in the use of land, including deforestation, reforestation, and urbanization • Global warming - climate changes cause changes in geographical distribution of agents and vectors • Changing human behaviours, such as increased use of child-care facilities, sexual and drug use behaviours, and patterns of outdoor recreation • Social inequality
FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO EMERGENCE OR RE-EMERGENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES (3) • International travel and commerce that quickly transport people and goods vast distances • Changes in food processing and handling, including foods prepared from many different individual animals and countries, and transported great distances
FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO EMERGENCE OR RE-EMERGENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES (4) • Evolution of pathogenic infectious agents by which they may infect new hosts, produce toxins, or adapt by responding to changes in the host immunity. (e. g. influenza, HIV) • Development of resistance by infectious agents such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae to chemoprophylactic or chemotherapeutic medicines.
FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO EMERGENCE OR RE-EMERGENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES (5) • Resistance of the vectors of vector-borne infectious diseases to pesticides. • Immunosuppression of persons due to medical treatments or new diseases that result in infectious diseases caused by agents not usually pathogenic in healthy hosts (e. g. leukemia patients)
FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO EMERGENCE OR RE-EMERGENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES (6) • Deterioration in surveillance systems for infectious diseases, including laboratory support, to detect new or emerging disease problems at an early stage (e. g. Indonesian resistance to “scientific colonialism”) • Illiteracy limits knowledge and implementation of prevention strategies • Lack of political will – corruption, other priorities
FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO EMERGENCE OR RE-EMERGENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES (7) • Biowarfare/bioterrorism: An unfortunate potential source of new or emerging disease threats (e. g. anthrax and letters) • War, civil unrest – creates refugees, food and housing shortages, increased density of living, etc. • Famine causing reduced immune capacity, etc. • Manufacturing strategies; e. g. , pooling of plasma, etc.
STRATEGIES TO REDUCE THREATS (1) • DEVELOP POLITICAL WILL AND FUNDING • IMPROVE GLOBAL EARLY RESPONSE CAPACITY – WHO – National Disease Control Units (e. g. USCDC, CCDC) – Training programs
STRATEGIES TO REDUCE THREATS (2) • IMPROVE GLOBAL SURVEILLANCE – Improve diagnostic capacity (training, regulations) – Improve communication systems (web, e-mail etc. ) and sharing of surveillance data – Rapid data analysis – Develop innovative surveillance and analysis strategies
STRATEGIES TO REDUCE THREATS (3) • IMPROVE GLOBAL SURVEILLANCE (continued) – Utilize geographical information systems – Utilize global positioning systems – Utilize the Global Atlas of Infectious Diseases (WHO) – Increase and improve laboratory capacity – Coordinate human and animal surveillance
STRATEGIES TO REDUCE THREATS (4) • USE OF VACCINES – Increase coverage and acceptability (e. g. , oral) – New strategies for delivery (e. g. , nasal spray administration) – Develop new vaccines – Decrease cost – Decrease dependency on “cold chain” • NEW DRUG DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGIES TO REDUCE THREATS (5) • DECREASE INAPPROPRIATE DRUG USE – Improve education of clinicians and public – Decrease antimicrobial use in agriculture and food production • IMPROVE VECTOR AND ZOONOTIC CONTROL – Develop new safe insecticides – Develop more non-chemical strategies e. g. organic strategies • BETTER AND MORE WIDESPREAD HEALTH EDUCATION (e. g. , west Nile virus; bed nets, mosquito repellent)
STRATEGIES TO REDUCE THREATS (6) • DEVELOPMENT OF PREDICTIVE MODELS BASED ON: – Epidemiologic data – – Climate change surveillance Human behavior • ESTABLISH PRIORITIES – The risk of disease – The magnitude of disease burden • Morbidity/disability • Mortality • Economic cost – REDUCE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID SPREAD – DEVELOP MORE FEASIBLE CONTROL STRATEGIES
Ford TE et al. Using satellite images of environmental changes to predict infectious disease outbreaks. Emerging Infect Dis 15(9): 1345, 2009.
STRATEGIES TO REDUCE THREATS (7) • Develop new strategies requiring low-cost technology • Social and political mobilization of communities • Greater support for research • Reduce poverty and inequality
BASIC ELEMENTS IN PREPAREDNESS • International Health Regulations • International -- WHO – Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) • 120 technical institutions participating • 2000 -02 -- Responded to 34 events in 26 countries • Coordination of SARS and H 5 N 1 threats – Global Public Health Information Network (GPHIN)
Daily Flow of GPHIN Information 1 scanning global news 2 filtering & sorting process 800 -1000 articles selected daily Ongoing 24/7 3 review for relevancy Mon-Fri 7 am-5 pm EST (Hours are extended during a public health crisis)
LA Times, 28 Aug 2012
ESSENTIAL FACTORS FOR DISEASE ERADICATION • Knowledge of its epidemiology and transmission patterns/mode • Availability of effective tools for diagnosis, treatment and prevention • Knowledge of local cultural and political characteristics • Community acceptance and mobilization • Political will and leadership • Adequate and sustained funding
ROLE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONAL • Establish surveillance for: – Unusual diseases – Drug resistant agents • Assure laboratory capacity to investigate new agents (e. g. , high-throughput labs) • Develop plans for handling outbreaks of unknown agents • Inform physicians about responsible antimicrobial use
VIROLOGY OF INFLUENZA Subtypes: A - Causes outbreak B - Causes outbreaks C - Does not cause outbreaks
Immunogenic Components of the Influenza Virus • Surface glycoproteins, 15 hemagglutinin (H 1 -H 15), nine neurominidases (N 1 -N 9) • H 1 -H 3 and N 1 N 2 established in humans • Influenza characterized by combination of H and N glycoproteins § 1917 pandemic - H 1 N 1 § 2004 avian influenza - H 5 N 1 § 2009 H 1 N 1 • Antigenic mix determines severity of disease • Human response specific to hemagglutinin and neurominidase glycoproteins
Figure 1. Natural hosts of influenza viruses Nicholson et al. Influenza. Lancet 362: 1734, 2003
Genetic Changes in Influenza • Antigenic drift - results of errors in replication and lack of repair mechanism to correct errors • Antigenic shift - reassortment of genetic materials when concurrent infection of different strains occurs in the same host
Nicholson et al. Influenza. Lancet 362: 1735, 2003 Figure 2. Origin of antigenic shift and pandemic influenza. The segmented nature of the influenza A genome, which has eight genes, facilitates reassortment; up to 256 gene combinations are possible during coinfection with human and non-human viruses. Antigenic shift can arise when genes encoding at least the haemagglutinin surface glycoprotein are introduced into people, by direct transmission of an avian virus from birds, as occurred with H 5 N 1 virus, or after genetic reassortment in pigs, which support the growth of both avian and human viruses.
SURVEILLANCE FOR FLU
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CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF INFLUENZA INFECTION • Asymptomatic • Symptomatic § Respiratory syndrome - mild to severe § Gastrointestinal symptoms § Involvement of major organs - brain, heart, etc. § Death
The figure shows peak influenza activity for the United States by month for the 1976 -77 through 2008 -09 influenza seasons. The month with the highest percentage of cases (nearly 50%) was February, followed by January with 20% and March and December, with approximately 15% of all cases. Prevention and control of seasonal influenza with vaccines. MMWR 58(RR-8): 5, 2009
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The H 1 N 1 Epidemic
Factors Influencing the Response to Influenza • Age • Pre-existing immunity (some crossover) • Smoking • Concurrent other health conditions • Immunosuppression • Pregnancy
Kaplan K. How the new virus came to be. LA Times, 14 Sept, 2009; latimes. com/health
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND BIOLOGY OF H 5 N 1 INFLUENZA
Characteristics of H 5 N 1 Avian Influenza 1. Highly infectious and pathogenic for domestic poultry 2. Wild fowl, ducks asymptomatic reservoir 3. Now endemic in poultry in Southeast Asia 4. Proportion of humans with subclinical infection unknown 5. Case fatality in humans is >50%
Europe, Africa Resurgence in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Indonesia 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 2 Indonesia Thailand Cambodia China & Laos Japan Vietnam South Korea Spread of H 5 N 1 Avian Influenza December, 2003 January Feb 2005 -6 2006 -7 2004
A New Global Concern… Acknowledgment: Mike Perdue
Intervention Strategies (H 5 N 1) • Culling (killing of infected flocks) • Innovative surveillance strategies - Identification and analysis of human to human clusters - Characterization of strains * Necessity for vaccine development (Science 304: 968 -9, 5/2004) • Vaccination of bird handlers (vaccine being developed) • Vaccination of commercial bird flocks
Barriers to H 5 N 1 Control • Reservoir in wild birds and ducks • Economic impact of culling of poultry stocks • Popularity of “wet markets” promotes transmission within poultry and to other species (e. g. , pigs) • Resistance to antivirals and vaccines • Mistrust of rich nations
Don’t get the flu vaccine!
RECOMMENDATIONS TO PREVENT FLU
STRATEGIES TO PREVENT FLU (1) • COVER MOUTH AND NOSE WHEN SNEEZING • WASH HANDS FREQUENTLY WITH SOAP AND WATER OR ALCOHOL • AVOID TOUCHING EYES, NOSE AND MOUTH • AVOID CONTACT WITH SICK PEOPLE • AVOID CROWDED CONGESTED ENVIRONMENTS
STRATEGIES TO PREVENT FLU (2) • IF SICK STAY HOME, DON’T EXPOSE OTHERS • FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE; e. g. school closures etc. • GET FLU SHOT(S) • TAKE ANTIVIRAL DRUGS IF PHYSICIAN RECOMMENDS
WHAT’S AHEAD? Microbes and vectors swim in the evolutionary stream, and they swim faster than we do. Bacteria reproduce every 30 minutes. For them, a millennium is compressed into a fortnight. They are fleet afoot, and the pace of our research must keep up with them, or they will overtake us. Microbes were here on earth 2 billion years before humans arrived, learning every trick for survival, and it is likely that they will be here 2 billion years after we depart (Krause 1998).
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