CSTE RMSF Working Group

Abelardo Moncayo SFGR Position Statement — Dear CSTE RMSF Working Group: The RMSF Core group made proposed revisions to the existing SFGR case definition from 2016. These revisions are addressed in the attached position statement (PS). The aim of the PS is to improve the quality of the SFGR surveillance data captured by the case definiti... 9
Abelardo Moncayo Position statement draft and call agenda — [10.26.18 RMSF MEETING AGENDA.doc][TN Proposal for SFGR Position Statement.docx] 1
Naomi Drexler New RMSF toolkit and free CE opportunities — Hello everyone,  I know we mentioned this on one of our more recent calls; the RMSF clinical toolkit went live today.   The toolkit is now available and includes opportunities for continuing education in seven professional categories (CME, CNE, CEU, CECH, AAVSB/RACE, CPE, and CPH) which provides...
Shawna Stuck, GA Vectorborne Disease Epidemiologist at Georgia Department of Public Health Individuals Tested & Treated for SFR in Georgia — I know a lot of people were unable to attend CSTE, so I thought I'd share some key findings of a lightning round I presented there, just to generate some discussion. ┄ Something we found in Georgia was that our positive laboratory results for SFR were not evenly distributed throughout the state... 2
Shawna Stuck, GA Vectorborne Disease Epidemiologist at Georgia Department of Public Health Titer Values and PPV — Hi all - I've heard multiple times that some states applied their own cut off of 1:128 as a minimum titer value to initiate an investigation. I'm curious as to if anyone has looked that the positive predictive value of titers to determine if this is a worthwhile change to the case definition (it... 2