Introduction
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- About Emerging Diseases Emerging Infectious diseases that may be transmitted between animals and humans are a concern for all people, no matter what their age, gender, lifestyle, ethnic background, or economic status.
- Why Emerging Diseases? Understanding how diseases spread between hosts is of major importance. Emerging diseases are often zoonotic, that is; diseases that may be transmitted between humans and animals.
- Partners in disease eradication and preparedness Michigan is fortunate to have agencies and organizations jointly participating in the surveillance, control, and/or eradication of diseases concerning humans, wildlife and domestic animals.
Spotlight
- Ebola Virus Information
- Feral Swine in Michigan
- Health Alert: Chikungunya Virus Infections in Travelers Returning from the Caribbean
- Preventing Mosquito-borne Diseases
- Important Information Regarding Meningitis Associated with Steroid Injections
- Michigan Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Disease Surveillance, Summary 2015 **UPDATED
- USDA APHIS Livestock Traceability Q & A
Seasonal Information
Agency Contacts
Sites of Interest
- State and Federal Diagnostic Laboratories
- CDC Stacks: Browse for free, peer-reveiwed, scientific articles.
- Southeast Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study (SCWDS)
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
- Pestworld for Kids
- Merck Veterinary Manual
- Bird Disease Field Manual - U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center
- Office International des Epizooties - animal disease status world-wide
- Michigan Veterinary Medical Association
- Scrub Club to the Rescue
- Who should report conditions and diseases that threaten the health of the public?
- Michigan Office of Public Health Preparedness
- United States Geological Survey (USGS) National Wildlife Health Center
- Center for Comparative Epidemiology - Michigan State University
- United States Animal Health Association (USAHA)