Transcript USACHPPM OVERVIEW - Welcome to Armed Forces Pest

United States Army Center
for Health Promotion & Preventive Medicine
WHERE WE’RE LOCATED
Ft. Lewis
Washington
APG
Maryland
Ft. Meade
Maryland
Landstuhl
Germany
Ft McPherson
Georgia
Force Health Protection thru Prevention
Camp Zama
Japan
Entomological Services
Subordinate Commands
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Vector-borne disease risk assessments
Vector and pest identification
Rapid diagnostic testing
Training assistance visits
On-site consultation/reviews
USACHPPM-N
Entomological Sciences Division
• Sand fly and mosquito analysis
• Tick population prediction studies
Contact: LTC Tom Burroughs
DSN: 622-3466; Comm: 301-677-3466
USACHPPM-S
Entomological Sciences Division
• Tick surveillance for STARI
• Possible collaboration with VETCOM and
AMEDDC&S
Contact: MAJ. Tony Schuster
DSN: 367-3460/Comm. 404-464-3460
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Entomological Sciences Division
• Stored Products Pest Voucher Specimens
• DoD-GEIS Influenza Surveillance &
Response Program
Contact: LTC Sonya Schleich
DSN: 347-0073/Comm: 253-966-0073
USACHPPM-EUR
• Routine support to US forces in Pakistan
• New PCR laboratory to analyze disease
vectors
Contact: LTC Dave West
DSN: (314) 486-8540
CHPPM-PAC
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Disease Vector Testing
– Identify and test mosquitoes for
malaria, Japanese Encephalitis, and Dengue
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Pesticide Applicator Cert/Recert
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Can be taught by CHPPM-PAC
as of March 2007
Contact: CPT Robert Moore
DSN: 315-263-8531/Comm: 011-81-46-407-8531
USACHPPM-MAIN
ENTOMOLOGICAL SCIENCES PROGRAM
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Vector-borne disease educational material
Human Tick Test Kit Program
DoD Pesticide Hotline
Vector-borne disease threat assessments
Pesticide monitoring
GIS/GPS training/projects
Pesticide archiving
Field-expedient PCR devices
Contact: Dr. Ed Evans
DSN: 584-3613/Comm: 410-436-3613
Wallet Cards
•Defend Yourself Against Sand Flies
•Leishmaniasis
•Defend Yourself Against Vector-Borne
Diseases/DOD Insect Repellent System
•Target Ticks for Disease Prevention/
Stop Rodent-Borne Disease in its Tracks
Power Point Presentation:
Web & Compact Disk
Large Posters: Specific Deployment Hazards
Fact Sheets
•DOD Insect Repellent System
•Animal Flea & Tick Collars are
NOT for Human Use!
•Leishmaniasis
•Bed Bugs
•Ocular Myiasis
DOD Human Tick Test
Kit Program
Clinical support for
tick-bite patients and
their health care
providers
Tick I.D. and analysis
Lyme disease
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Human monocytic ehrlichiosis
Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis
Babesiosis
Southern
Tick Associated Rash Illness
(STARI)
DOD HUMAN TICK TEST KIT PROGRAM
Ticks Removed from Humans, CY 2006
Tick Species
Amblyomma americanum
(lone star tick)
Dermacentor variabilis
(American dog tick)
Ixodes scapularis
(blacklegged tick, a.k.a. deer tick)
Amblyomma maculatum
(Gulf Coast tick)
Dermacentor andersoni
(Rocky Mountain wood tick)
Ixodes pacificus
(western blacklegged tick)
Rhipicephalus sanguineus
(brown dog tick)
Totals
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Identified Tested
Positive Results
LD1 Bab2 HGA3
EE4
HME5
STARI6
1059*
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Lyme disease, caused by Borrelia burgdorferi
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Babesiosis, caused by Babesia microti
Human granulocytic anaplasmosis, caused by Anaplasma phagocytophilum7.
Human ehrlichiosis, caused by Ehrlichia ewingii, a pathogen formerly
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only known to cause canine granulocytic ehrlichiosis
RMSF7 RP8
Human monocytic ehrlichiosis, caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis
Southern tick-associated rash illness, caused by Borrelia lonestari
Rocky Mountain spotted fever, caused by Rickettsia rickettsii
Rickettsial illness, caused by Rickettsia parkeri
* 1 of these ticks was coinfected with B. lonestari and E. ewingii.
** 1 of these ticks was coinfected with B. burgdorferi and B. microti; 7 were coinfected with B. burgdorferi and A. phagocytophilum.
DOD Pesticide Hotline
410-436-3773/DSN 584-3773
Contact us for the following information:
•Pesticide products
•Pesticide label information
•Material Safety Data Sheets
• Pest biology and control information
• Technical guides
•Fact sheets
•Federal Register information
http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil