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DESCRIPTION

As summer approaches and recreational water activities increase, it is important for public health laboratories to be aware of environmental microbes that can live in water such as Naegleria fowleri. This amoeba can grow in warm, fresh water and can cause serious harm if contaminated water enters the body through the nose. Join this webinar to hear how the Louisiana Department of Health and the Texas Department of State Health Services responded to municipal water-associated Naegleria fowleri cases in their jurisdictions.

OBJECTIVES

At the conclusion of the program, the participant will be able to:

Identify the risk Naegleria fowleri presents and why public health laboratory awareness is important
Describe a public health response to municipal water-associated cases of Naegleria fowleri based on laboratory data
Outline testing considerations to help public health and environmental laboratories determine how they might participate in a Naegleria fowleri response

FACULTY

Christa Cook, MPH, Lead Epidemiologist for the Invasive Respiratory Infectious Diseases (IRID) Program, Texas Department of State Health Services
Ryan Wallace, Epidemiologist for the Invasive Respiratory Infectious Diseases (IRID) Program, Texas Department of State Health Services
John Williams, Deputy Chief Engineer of Field Operations for Engineering Services, Louisiana Department of Health

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This program is intended for anyone who works in or supervises a public health laboratory, including environmental laboratories, microbiology students, epidemiologists and research scientists as well as government agencies and APHL federal partners.

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