United States Army Center for Health Promotion & Preventive Medicine WHERE WE’RE LOCATED Ft. Lewis Washington APG Maryland Ft. Meade Maryland Landstuhl Germany Ft McPherson Georgia Force Health Protection thru Prevention Camp Zama Japan Entomological Services Subordinate Commands • • • • • Vector-borne disease risk assessments Vector and pest identification Rapid diagnostic testing Training assistance visits On-site consultation/reviews USACHPPM-N Entomological Sciences Division • Sand fly and mosquito analysis • Tick population prediction studies Contact: LTC Tom Burroughs DSN: 622-3466; Comm: 301-677-3466 USACHPPM-S Entomological 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-W Entomological 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-MAIN ENTOMOLOGICAL 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 Wallet Cards •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 Power Point Presentation: Web & Compact Disk Large Posters: Specific Deployment Hazards Fact Sheets •DOD Insect Repellent System •Animal Flea & Tick Collars are NOT for Human Use! •Leishmaniasis •Bed Bugs •Ocular Myiasis DOD Human Tick Test Kit Program Clinical 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 PROGRAM Ticks Removed from Humans, CY 2006 Tick Species Amblyomma americanum (lone star tick) Dermacentor variabilis (American dog tick) Ixodes scapularis (blacklegged tick, a.k.a. deer tick) Amblyomma maculatum (Gulf Coast tick) Dermacentor andersoni (Rocky Mountain wood tick) Ixodes pacificus (western blacklegged tick) Rhipicephalus sanguineus (brown dog tick) Totals 1. 2. 3. 4. Identified Tested Positive Results LD1 Bab2 HGA3 EE4 HME5 STARI6 1059* --- --- --- 17 10 18 --- --- 568 568 --- --- --- --- --- --- 0 --- 460 449** 106 5 12 --- --- --- --- --- 2 2 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 0 13 13 --- --- --- --- --- --- 0 --- 1 1 0 0 0 --- --- --- --- --- 5 5 --- --- --- --- --- --- 0 --- 2114 2097 106 5 12 17 10 18 0 0 1065 Lyme disease, caused by Borrelia burgdorferi 5. 6. Babesiosis, caused by Babesia microti Human granulocytic anaplasmosis, caused by Anaplasma phagocytophilum7. Human ehrlichiosis, caused by Ehrlichia ewingii, a pathogen formerly 8. only known to cause canine granulocytic ehrlichiosis RMSF7 RP8 Human monocytic ehrlichiosis, caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis Southern tick-associated rash illness, caused by Borrelia lonestari Rocky Mountain spotted fever, caused by Rickettsia rickettsii Rickettsial illness, caused by Rickettsia parkeri * 1 of these ticks was coinfected with B. lonestari and E. ewingii. ** 1 of these ticks was coinfected with B. burgdorferi and B. microti; 7 were coinfected with B. burgdorferi and A. phagocytophilum. DOD Pesticide Hotline 410-436-3773/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