Zoonotic Diseases (Mammalian): Work Smart, Stay Safe

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Health and safety of personnel is an important concern throughout USGS. Field staff who often work with or around wildlife in various situations face a variety of risks. One risk in these situations is potential exposure to zoonotic diseases: diseases transmitted between animals and people. To provide information on potential risks and biosafety measures, the USGS National Wildlife Health Center presented a 90-min seminar titled ‘Mammalian Zoonotic Diseases: Work Smart, Stay Safe’.

This seminar is an update of one presented last spring. Topics covered include: Overview of basic disease concepts, common routes of disease exposure and biosafety recommendations. Mammalian zoonotic diseases to be discussed are rabies, plague, baylisascaris, tularemia, Hantavirus, Lyme disease, giardia and echinococcus.

Please contact Rachel Abbott at rabbott@usgs.gov if you have questions about the course.

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