United States Army Center for Health Promotion & Preventive Medicine

Ft. LewisFt. LewisWashingtonWashington

Ft. MeadeFt. MeadeMarylandMaryland

APG APG MarylandMaryland

LandstuhlLandstuhlGermanyGermany

Camp ZamaCamp ZamaJapanJapan

Ft McPhersonFt McPhersonGeorgiaGeorgia

WHERE WE’RE LOCATEDWHERE WE’RE LOCATED

Force Health Protection thru Prevention

Entomological ServicesSubordinate Commands

• Vector-borne disease risk assessments

• Vector and pest identification

• Rapid diagnostic testing

• Training assistance visits

• On-site consultation/reviews

USACHPPM-NEntomological Sciences Division

• Sand fly and mosquito analysis

• Tick population prediction studies

     

Contact: LTC Tom Burroughs

DSN: 622-3466; Comm: 301-677-3466

USACHPPM-SEntomological Sciences Division

• Tick surveillance for STARI

• Possible collaboration with VETCOM and AMEDDC&S

Contact: MAJ. Tony Schuster

DSN: 367-3460/Comm. 404-464-3460

USACHPPM-WEntomological 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

• Disease Vector Testing– Identify and test mosquitoes for

malaria, Japanese Encephalitis, and Dengue

• Pesticide Applicator Cert/Recert– 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-MAINENTOMOLOGICAL SCIENCES PROGRAM

• 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

Power Point Presentation: Web & Compact Disk

•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

Wallet Cards

•DOD Insect Repellent System

•Animal Flea & Tick Collars are NOT for Human Use!

•Leishmaniasis

•Bed Bugs

•Ocular Myiasis

Fact Sheets

Large Posters: Specific Deployment Hazards

DOD Human Tick DOD Human Tick Test Kit Test Kit

ProgramProgramClinical 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 PROGRAMTicks Removed from Humans, CY 2006

DOD HUMAN TICK TEST KIT PROGRAMTicks Removed from Humans, CY 2006

Totals

Tick Species Identified Tested Positive Results

LD1 HME5 HGA3 RMSF7

2114 2097 10

1059* 1065 --- 10

1 1 ---0

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12

1. Lyme disease, caused by Borrelia burgdorferi

3. Human granulocytic anaplasmosis, caused by Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Amblyomma americanum (lone star tick)Dermacentor variabilis (American dog tick)

Rhipicephalus sanguineus (brown dog tick)

568 568 ---

0

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0

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0

* 1 of these ticks was coinfected with B. lonestari and E. ewingii.

106

STARI6

18

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18

6. Southern tick-associated rash illness, caused by Borrelia lonestari5. Human monocytic ehrlichiosis, caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis

7. Rocky Mountain spotted fever, caused by Rickettsia rickettsii

Bab2

2. Babesiosis, caused by Babesia microti

5 5

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5

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0

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Amblyomma maculatum (Gulf Coast tick)

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Dermacentor andersoni (Rocky Mountain wood tick)Ixodes pacificus (western blacklegged tick)

Ixodes scapularis (blacklegged tick, a.k.a. deer tick)

13 13 --------- 0------

449** 12460 ---106 ------5

2

** 1 of these ticks was coinfected with B. burgdorferi and B. microti; 7 were coinfected with B. burgdorferi and A. phagocytophilum.

EE4

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17

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17

RP8

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0

0

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4. Human ehrlichiosis, caused by Ehrlichia ewingii, a pathogen formerly only known to cause canine granulocytic ehrlichiosis

8. Rickettsial illness, caused by Rickettsia parkeri

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DOD Pesticide Hotline410-436-3773/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