Wisconsin Epi Express - Archive
The Wisconsin Epi Express is a regular update on communicable disease
issues prepared by the Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Bureau of
Communicable Diseases and Preparedness. The target audience are members of the public
health surveillance system. It is distributed electronically and
contains short status reports on outbreaks and updates on progress in
controlling communicable diseases.
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2008
Wisconsin Epi Express
01-15-2008 (PDF 44kb)
1. CDC's HPV education and training products
2. Past Issues of the Wisconsin Epi Express Now Available Online
3. Dr. Peter Shult of the State Lab Testifies before Congress
4. MRSA Resources Available on the Web
5. New BCDP Staff Contact and Disease Specialty Lists Available
6. Wisconsin State Public Health Laws on the Web
7. AIDS/HIV Program piloting multi-jurisdiction HIV partner counseling
and referral service
8. New APIC recommendations on the use of hepatitis A vaccine for
postexposure prophylaxis
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2007
Wisconsin Epi Express 08-23-2007 (PDF
273kb)
1. First Reported Case of Vancomycin
Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus in Wisconsin
2. Summer 2007 WISCONSIN AIDS/HIV UPDATE Posted on Web
3. Rapid HIV Testing Technology Update
4. Babesiosis Cases Increasing in Wisconsin
5. Wisconsin Supreme Courts rules in favor of confinement of TB patients
for treatment
6. Enterovirus Activity in Wisconsin, 2007
7. Wisconsin Electronic Disease Surveillance System (WEDSS) Update
8. Lincoln County Blastomycosis Outbreak: January-April 2006
Wisconsin Epi Express
06-14-2007 (PDF 42kb)
1. Refugee numbers declining
2. Health Works: About the Norovirus
3. Norovirus Surveillance in Wisconsin 2002-2006
4. Cumulative Wisconsin HIV Case Surveillance Data Posted
on Web
5. Spring 2007 WISCONSIN
AIDS/HIV UPDATE Posted on Web
6. State Hygiene Lab recognized for outstanding response to
foodborne disease outbreaks
7. Updated Fee Exempt Laboratory Testing Guidelines
Available
8. Please Visit the Website of the Wisconsin Antibiotic
Resistance Network (WARN)
9. CDC to Release Data on Increasing Gonorrhea Drug
Resistance and New National Treatment Recommendations
10. National HIV Testing Day 2007 – June 27
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2006
Wisconsin Epi Express 09-26-2006 (PDF
51kb)
1. TB Education & Training
Resources
2. Report from the TB Educational Training Network (TB-ETN)
Conference
3. Tubes with sodium heparin (the “BD sodium heparin tubes”)
and QuantiFERON®-TB Gold products
4. Changes in TB and Refugee Health Operations and Staffing
5. Errata for TB Guideline
6. Supreme Court to Hear Public Health Confinement Case
7. Cluster of allergic reactions following Tubersol®
administration
8. New Guidelines for Pediatric Use of Rotavirus Vaccine
9. Updated Guidelines on Diagnosis, Treatment of Lyme Disease
10. CDC publishes revised recommendations for HIV testing in health care
settings
11. Survey of Employee Influenza Vaccination Rates and Policies in
Wisconsin Hospitals and Nursing Homes
Wisconsin Epi Express 08-23-2006 (PDF
41kb)
1. Weekend Rabies Testing
2. Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH) Training Highlights
3. Revised STD Treatment Guidelines Available Online
4. Recording and Reporting Race and Ethnicity
5. Summer 2006 Wisconsin AIDS/HIV Update posted on the web
6. amfAR Issue Brief Focuses on HIV Prevention for Men Who Have Sex with
Men
7. Changes in Communicable Disease Reporting Enacted in 2005 Wisconsin
Act 198
Wisconsin
Epi Express 06-23-2006 (PDF 72kb)
1.
Statewide Variance Granted to use QuantiFERON TB Gold for TB Screening
2. Presence of Deer Ticks in Some State Parks
3. Surveillance for Influenza and Other Viruses in Wisconsin
4. Mumps outbreak affecting adolescents and young adults in Austria,
2006
5. Recent norovirus outbreaks on river and seagoing cruise ships in
Europe
6. Region V Infertility Prevention Project (RVIPP) Advisory Committee
Meeting to be held in Madison, Wisconsin- June 28-29, 2006
Wisconsin Epi Express
03-22-2006 (PDF 206kb)
1. Influenza
Vaccination of Health-Care Personnel
2. The Wisconsin AIDS/HIV
Update is now an
electronic publication
3. Cumulative Wisconsin HIV case surveillance data posted on the web
4. Health Care Facilities Make
the "80% Club"
5. Wisconsin to Participate In Menactra® Effectiveness Study
6. 2006 Communicable Diseases Spring Seminars
Wisconsin Epi Express 01-13-2006 (PDF 42kb)
1. Be On the Alert for Dengue in Travelers Returning From
Warm Climates
2. Updated Guidelines on Management of Occupational Exposures to HIV
3. Revised Medicaid Guide for Tuberculosis
4. CDC Guidelines - Infection Control Measures for Preventing and
Controlling Influenza Transmission in Long-Term Care Facilities
5. Resources for Clinicians and Public Health Professionals Working with
Meth Users
6. Recommendations Regarding Avian Influenza for Travelers to Southeast
Asia
7. Communicable Diseases Spring Seminars 2006 - Save the Date
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2005
Wisconsin Epi Express 03-09-2005 (PDF
63kb)
1. Improved TB Blood Test Receives FDA
Approval
2. Wisconsin Medicaid Now Reimburses for Laboratory Procedure Code 0010T
for Tuberculosis Blood Test
3. CDC issues updated guidelines on use of antiretroviral drugs
following non-occupational exposure to HIV
4. Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) Surveillance
5. Increase in reported cases of HIV infection in Wisconsin
6. Bureau of Communicable Diseases and Preparedness (BCDP) Spring
Seminars 2005
Wisconsin Epi Express 01-27-2005 (PDF
44kb)
1. Food and Drug Administration Approval of
HIV Rapid Tests
2. The Respiratory Virus Season
3. Free Web Course on Cross-Cultural Communication
4. Why It Is Important to Confirm Cryptosporidium Antigen Rapid Assay Tests
5. Funds Restored for 2005 TB Incentive Program
6. Infectious Disease Journal Reports on Wisconsin TB Outbreak
7. Communicable Diseases Seminars – Hold the Dates
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2004
Wisconsin Epi Express
07-09-04 (PDF 102kb)
1. Additions to the DHFS Hepatitis C Web Site
2. Extra Hepatitis Resources for Clinicians packet available
3. Rabies Vaccine Shortage
4. General Industry Respiratory Protection Standard Applies to Workers
Exposed to TB
5. Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) Among Children in Daycare Centers
6. Communicable Diseases Web Page Launched
7. Division of Public Health Launches Refugee Health Web pages
8. Surveillance for Avian Influenza Among Hmong Refugees
Wisconsin Epi Express
06-21-04 (PDF kb)
1. National TB Testing Day: June 27, 2004
2. STD Communications Database Available Online
3. Wisconsin Receives National Recognition for Tuberculosis Laboratory Activities
4. Shield Outbreak in Milwaukee, WI 06/14/04
5. FOCUS on Field Epidemiology is useful Internet site
6. EIS Officer Mark Sotir Completes Training with BCD
Wisconsin Epi Express
05-28-04 (PDF 30kb)
1. Increased Pertussis Reported in Southeast Wisconsin
2. Shigella Outbreak in Wisconsin
3. CDC Implements New Tiered Travel Health Guidance System
4. Tuberculosis Screening Requirements
5. Download TB Treatment Information to Your PDA
6. Enhanced Hepatitis C Surveillance Project Starts June 1, 2004
Wisconsin Epi Express
05-17-04 (PDF 26kb)
1. Online Training on HIV Risk Assessment in Women
2. CDC Dear Colleague Letter Recommends STD Prevention Services for MSM
3. Fluoroquinolone Resistant N. gonorrhoeae
4. CDC Healthy Pets Health People Website
5. Falsely Positive Rapid Assay Tests for Cryptosporidium Antigen,
Wisconsin 2003-2004
6. Bureau of Communicable Diseases & Preparedness Phone List
Wisconsin Epi Express 04-29-04
(PDF 197kb)
1. Changes in TB Medication Program
2. Medical Examinations for Internationally Adopted Children
3. Blastomycosis in Wisconsin: A Severe Systemic Fungal Infection in Man
and Animals and an Environmental Enigma
4. Northwest Center for Public Health Practice Announces 2004 Summer
Public Health
5. 2003 Wisconsin Act 186 Relating to Public Health Emergencies is
Enacted
Wisconsin Epi Express
04-12-04 (PDF 76kb)
1. Norovirus: Characteristics, Recent Wisconsin Trends, and Specimen
Collection
2. Arrival of Hmong Refugees Anticipated
3. Wisconsin Division of Health Guidelines: Invasive Meningococcal
Disease
4. Foodborne Illness Primer Announced at National Press Club
5. The Tale of the Giant African Snail (Achatina fulica)
Wisconsin Epi Express
03-29-04 (PDF 40kb)
1. Surveillance for Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli (STEC),
Wisconsin, 2002-2003
2. Upcoming Conference on Emerging Infectious Disease Issues in
Long-Term Care
3. CDC Releases Guide and Model Protocol on HIV Rapid Testing in Labor
and Delivery
4. Compensation for Injured Smallpox Vaccines
5. Advance Notice of a Short-Term Enhanced Hepatitis C Surveillance
Project
6. Watch for Primary Care Provider Hepatitis Mailing
Wisconsin Epi Express 03-18-04
(PDF 27kb)
1. School HIV/AIDS Policy Tool Kit
2. Hospital Preparedness Seminars: Future Directions for Isolation &
Decontamination
3. BCD Spring Seminars 2004
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2003
Wisconsin Epi Express 12-04-03 (PDF 27kb)
1. Planes, trains, and tuberculosis
2. Tuberculosis in the college setting
3. Influenza talking points (health departments)
4. Pertussis outbreak in Fond du Lac County
5. Food and waterborne outbreak investigation team strikes again
6. Possible cases of influenza among vaccinated Wisconsin residents
7. Reminder: Communicable disease reporting for 2003
Wisconsin
Epi Express 11-05-03 (PDF 34kb)
1. Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene celebrates
100th anniversary
2. Four important state public health plan web pages
3. Hepatitis C guidelines for local health departments
4. Wisconsin local health department follow-up of persons with hepatitis
C virus infection
5. Interpreting hepatitis C virus test results
6. Hepatitis conference materials on interpreting hepatitis test results
Wisconsin
Epi Express 10-03-03 (PDF 31kb)
1. TB elimination by 2010?
2. HIPAA and TB medications
3. Tips to ease HIPAA jitters
Wisconsin
Epi Express 08-14-03 (PDF 42kb)
1. Bioterrorism preparedness disease surveillance
update
2. Teachers invited to compete for awards in young epidemiology scholars
program
3. Important new HIV prevention resources published by the CDC
4. Advancing HIV prevention: interim technical guidance for selected
interventions
5. Statewide SARS teleconference
6. Revised recommendations against the use of Rifampin and pyrazinamide
for latent tuberculosis infection
Wisconsin
Epi Express 06-12-03 (PDF 107kb)
1. Lyme disease in Wisconsin, 1997-2002
2. Wisconsin hepatitis C materials
3. CDC guidance documents on monkeypox
4. HIPAA privacy rule and public health
Wisconsin
Epi Express 05-01-03 (PDF 21kb)
1. HIPAA privacy rule and public health
2. Incidence and fatality from meningococcal disease, Wisconsin
1993-2002
3. Shiga toxin-producing E. coli non-0157A:H7 (STEC)
Wisconsin
Epi Express 04-08-03 (PDF 43kb)
1. Alter about inadvertent use of Bicillin C-R for
treatment of syphilis
2. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
3. State Laboratory of Hygiene Rabies Testing Policy
4. Limited multi-dose use from vials of immune globulin (IG)
5. Tuberculosis investigation in Milwaukee area
6. Smallpox vaccination clinic activity
7. Hepatitis C virus infection in Wisconsin, 1997-2002: a review of case
surveillance data
8. Important CDC satellite telecast/webcast on HIV rapid testing
9. Upcoming Wisconsin hepatitis C conference -- save the date!
Wisconsin
Epi Express 02-10-03 (PDF 37kb)
1. Wisconsin assists with Minnesota TB investigation
2. Influenza-like illness activity
3. Cryptosporidium antigen tests
4. The communicable disease wall chart
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2002
Wisconsin Epi Express 12-20-02 (PDF 27kb)
1. Rationale and Criteria Required for
Norwalk Virus Testing
1. A. Outbreak of “Norwalk-Like Viruses” in
Alaska
1. B. Change in Nomenclature of “Norwalk-Like
Viruses”
2. Web-based CDC Smallpox Resource Kit
3. Increase in MSM Syphilis in the Southeast Region
4. The Use of Raw Meat for Pet Diets
Wisconsin Epi Express 08-28-02 (PDF 45kb)
1. New staff join the Bureau of
Communicable Diseases
2. Schedule TB Grand Rounds for 2003
3. Communicable Disease Wall Charts Available
4. Treating active TB just got easier
5. False Positive Cryptosporidium Tests
6. Influenza and respiratory virus surveillance
7. CDC Alert - Recall of Gonorrhea Laboratory Assay
8. HIV Prevention RFPs Released
9. AIDS/HIV Fall Conference Program Brochure Available
10. Sample HIV Testing Consent Forms on AIDS/HIV Program Website
Wisconsin Epi Express 07-23-02 (PDF 30kb)
1. TB Blood Test Coming Soon
2. Three Recent Foodborne Illness Outbreaks
3. Live. and Let Live. Community Education Guide Available
4. Mark Your Calendars for the Wisconsin AIDS/HIV Program Fall Conference
5. Wisconsin Hospital Bioterrorism Preparedness Advisory Committee (WHBPAC) Meets
6. Regional Bioterrorism Planning Teams
7. OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Fact Sheets
Wisconsin Epi Express 05-10-02 (PDF 33kb)
1. Changes in Wisconsin Tuberculosis Laws
2. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance
3. Salmonella Cluster in Jefferson County
4. Computer-Based, Distance Ed Course on Immigrant Health Issues, Fall
2002
5. TB Contact Investigation Guideline Update
6. Resumption of Statewide Enhanced Arbovirus Surveillance
7. Recent Internet Sites of Interest
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2001
Wisconsin Epi Express 09-04-01
(PDF 24kb)
1. TB Program personnel changes
2. Answers To last issue’s quiz
(All Creatures Great and Small ….. Will Bite
Someone Eventually)
3. New TB educational materials for the Hmong
4. Hepatitis C surveillance strategy: improving completeness of
reporting
5. ALERT-- Revised recommendations for latent
Wisconsin Epi Express
08-02-01 (PDF 20kb)
1. ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL ….. WILL
BITE SOMEONE EVENTUALLY
2. Quarterly HIV/AIDS surveillance report posted on Internet
3. Roadside carcass disposal
4. CDC publishes updated guidelines for the management of occupational
exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and recommendations for
post-exposure prophylaxis
5. CDC issues guidance regarding prevention messages on latex condoms
and sexually transmitted diseases
6. CDC launches Global AIDS Program web site
7. Availability of Td Vaccine
Wisconsin Epi Express
06-18-01 (PDF 20kb)
1. Control measures for meningococcal
disease outbreaks
2. Delayed reporting of case of botulism
3. National HIV adult and adolescent
and perinatal guidelines updated
4. Reminder About Submitting 4151
Communicable Disease Report Forms for Newly Reportable Diseases
5. TB Information Guide CD-ROM
6. “…three are called, but only two are chosen…”
Wisconsin Epi Express
05-14-01 (PDF 19kb)
1. Jeannie Druckenmiller receives
recognition
2. Guidelines for Hepatitis C Testing
3. New website on hepatitis sponsored by the Immunization Action
Coalition
4. Wisconsin Division of Public Health launching HIV media campaign
5. Reporting Hepatitis Associated With Treatment for Latent TB Infection
Wisconsin Epi
Express 05-01-01 (PDF 22kb)
1. Calicivirus Outbreak in a Community-Based
Residential Facility (CBRF)
2. Possible Shortage of Tubersol.
3. Important Internet-Based Information Resources on Hepatitis C
4. Safer Needles: Are They "Infectious Waste"?
5. “AIDS in the Heartland” Midwest Regional HIV/AIDS Conference
Wisconsin Epi
Express 04-22-01 (PDF 47kb)
1. Wisconsin Tuberculosis Cases Up In 2004
2. TB Genotyping Excludes Transmission in Clinic Waiting Room
3. Zoonotic Disease Resources
4. Tick Surveys – Wisconsin, 2004
5. Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Wisconsin: Results of an Enhanced HCV
Surveillance Project
6. Fact Sheets Available on Managing the Side Effects of Hepatitis C
Treatment
Wisconsin Epi
Express 04-09-01 (PDF 24kb)
1. State TB web site enlarged and improved
2. TB Program tools for local policy and procedure development
3. Wisconsin HIV pediatric medical care guide published on the Internet
4. Department of Health and Family Services announces intent to release
HIV prevention request for proposals
5. Fact sheet on surveillance of health care workers with HIV/AIDS
6. New CDC hepatitis and HIV prevention guidelines to be released by CDC
7. Information on documentation and medical management of significant
exposures on website of Wisconsin AIDS/HIV Program
8. Internet-based information resources on medical and infectious waste
from the Department of Natural Resources Internet website
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