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CSTE Zika Preparedness Toolkit Workgroup

Dhara Shah, Director of Epidemiology Programs at CSTEBecky Lampkins, Manager, Surveillance/Informatics Program at CSTEMeri Phillips, Associate Research Analyst at CSTECarina BlackmoreJen BrownJennifer WhiteKim CervantesHanna OlteanSarah Park, State Epidemiologist at HIPaul EtkindRichard DanilaJennifer House - CDPHEKristy BradleyTom SidwaEmily Potts +2 others
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Document 170515 Zika Prep Resource Toolkit Draft Outline updated thru 180122.docx (121 KB)

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This is the latest iteration of the draft Zika virus Tool Kit, dated January 22, 2018. Please review the contents, particularly the commentary (in purple) prior to each section and sub-section. The next iteration will have commentary attached to every section of the Kit.

Your feedback on all aspects of  this, or whichever aspect(s) you prefer to focus on, is desired. Thanks!

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Sarah Park, State Epidemiologist at HI Sarah Park, State Epidemiologist
Hi, I haven't been able to be active in the group.  However, I've asked my staff to review the draft outline and wanted to forward their comments.  In general, they felt the toolkit to be very thorough.  However, they did have a specific recommendation:

If they're going to be including information on mosquito trapping, resistance testing, etc., then they should also include a section specifically for mosquito identification. They do have a couple of documents that say they include mosquito ID materials, but really they're just pictures of adult Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus.  It would be more helpful to include in-depth mosquito taxonomy keys for both adults and larvae like the ones below and attached. I realize this is a difficult problem because there are ~200 species found in the US alone, but at least giving some guidance for the major species would be helpful.
ID-of-container-mosquito-larvae-in-USA-JAMCA-20131.pdf 2.04 MB • Download
 
 
http://fmel.ifas.ufl.edu/fmel---mosquito-key/

By the way, not sure if you're aware, but some of the URL links in the document are broken.  For example:

Found these two in the Media Coverage and Information section that did not have a destination and that were marked as "inserted previously" based on the other document. Perhaps they should include a zip folder with all of the PDF files along side the links in case they are eventually moved or taken down.
 
 
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Paul Etkind Paul Etkind
Thank you, Sarah, to you and your staff. I am happy to include the identification keys. I also know that I need to check all of the links. My plan is to do some undetermined number each day during February.


I appreciate the feedback and the suggestions!


Paul


PS. I thought of you, the HD, and all of Hawaii with the news about the mistaken nuclear warning. I was active in emergency preparedness, but practicing for a nuclear exchange is SO outside my experience and background that I could not imagine what that must have been like. I think your experience and maybe any lessons learned from the time between the warning being issued and the retraction might make a fascinating and compelling presentation at a CSTE meeting.
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Sarah Park, State Epidemiologist at HI Sarah Park, State Epidemiologist
Hm. Thanks. Yes, we’d like not to repeat that particular experience, but many lessons learned. It was, in fact, a good drill for many.

Sarah Y. Park, MD, FAAP
State Epidemiologist
Chief, Disease Outbreak Control Division
Hawaii Department of Health

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