2019 Conference Agenda

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Session I - Rabies

8:00

Rabies in Texas

Laura Robinson, DVM, MS

8:30

Rabies in a Puppy: A Multi-jurisdictional Investigative Adventure

Bob Garrison, DVM, MS

Trevor Maness, MPH

Session II - Tick-Borne Illnesses

9:00

Epidemiology of Tick-Borne Disease in Texas, 2002-2017

Sarah Gunter, PhD, MPH

9:30

A Severe Case of Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis in Central Texas

Melissa Maass, LVT

Session III - Typhus I

10:30

Ecological and Environmental Factors Impacting Flea-Borne Typhus in Tarrant County

Abigail Cheney, MPH

11:00

Recent Emergence of Rickettsia typhi Infections—Dallas, Texas, 2017-2018

Idarest Umoh, MPH

11:30

Typhus Presenting as Multi-Organ Failure in a Patient with No Risk Factors

Karrar Al Gburi, MD

Session IV - Vector Surveillance and Control I

1:30

Efficacy and Validation of a Novel In2Care Mosquito Trap Against Zika and West Nile Virus Vectors in Harris County/Houston, Texas

Dagne Duguma, PhD, BCE

2:00

Harris County Public Health Tick (Acari) Surveillance Program

Martin Reyna Nava, MS

2:30

Surveillance of Ornithodoros Ticks Infected with Relapsing Fever Borrelia in Texas

Michael W. Curtis, PhD

Session V - Chagas Disease

3:30

Chagas Disease in Texas: Understanding the Burden and how we are Dealing with this Neglected Disease

Paula Stigler Granados, PhD, MSPH

4:00

Comprehensive Cardiac Evaluation Including Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Naturally-Infected Dogs Seropositive for Chagas Disease

Ashley B. Saunders, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM

4:30

Physician's Awareness of Chagas Disease in Texas: Findings from a Mixed Methods Study

Gerardo J. Pacheco, DrPH, MPH, MS

5:00

Acute Left Gastrocnemius Myalgia, Myositis, Adjacent Cellulitis with Subacute Pericardial Effusion Associated with Trypanosoma cruzi Infection

Claudia Colmenares, MD

Thursday, May 30, 2019

Session VI - Case Presentations

8:00

Burkholderia pseudomallei - A Rare Case of Melioidosis in a Texas Resident

Amanda Kieffer, DVM, MPH, DACVPM

8:30

Is it Hantavirus or Not?

Christa Cook, MPH, CIC

9:00

A Suspected Case of Acute Flaccid Myelitis

Karrar Al Gburi, MD

Session VII - West Nile Virus

10:00

Estimated Infections and Prevalence of West Nile Virus in the Continental United States: 1999-2016

Shannon Ronca, PhD, MPH

10:30

The Natural History of West Nile Virus Infection During the 2018 Season, Greater Houston Area

Jeanne C. Ruff, MPH, BSN, RN

11:00

West Nile Virus - Tarrant County

Russ Jones, MPH

Session VIII - Parasitic Infections

1:00

A Sore Subject: Autochthonous Cutaneous Leishmaniasis with Atypical Presentation Acquired in Central Texas

Evan Kipp, MPH

1:30

Evidence of Autochthonous Transmission of Cysticercosis in Houston, Texas

Timothy Erickson, MSPH

2:00

Hemoptysis in the Immunocompromised Patient—Don’t Forget Strongyloidiasis

Gregory M. Anstead, MD, PhD

2:30

Delusional Parasitosis

James A. Mobley, MD, MPH, FAAFP

3:15-4:15

Scientific Poster Session

Desserts and Beverages Served

4:30-5:30

J.V. Irons Keynote Lecture

Management of Adult and Pediatric Patients with North

American Pit Viper Envenomation

Sean Bush, MD

5:30-7:00

J.V. Irons Reception

Drinks and Hors d'oeuvres Served

Friday, May 31, 2019

Session IX - Typhus II

8:00

Flea-Borne Typhus Clusters in Tarrant County, 2018

Mercy Okaalet, MPH

8:30

Typhus Case with Atypical Presentation

Mais Alnoukari, MD

9:00

Early Doxycycline Intensification for Potential Rickettsiosis: An Approach to Critically Ill Patients in Flea-Borne Typhus-Endemic Areas

Teresa Chueng, MD, MPH

Session X - Miscellaneous Topics

9:30

Trends in Snakebites Related to Texas Tropical Storms and Hurricanes, 2000-2017

Joann Schulte, DO, MPH

10:00

Zika Pregnancy and Infant Registry Enrollee Outcome Epidemiology and Follow-up Surveillance Efforts in Texas

Colette Nickodem, MPH

Session XI - Vector Surveillance and Control II

11:00

Improving Mosquito-Related Vector Surveillance Efforts in Hidalgo County

Niko Ross A. Tapangan, MPH

11:30

An Overview of Vector Control Activities in Tarrant County: Efficiencies in Surveillance, Record Keeping and Staff Training

Nina M. Dacko, MS

12:00

Western Gulf Center of Excellence Outreach Update

Sonja Swiger, PhD