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United States Army Center for Health Promotion & Preventive Medicine
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
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** 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
