85 - Global is Local: Update in Tropical Diseases in the United States

Speaker(s)

• NA

  Naomi Aronson, MD

  Director, Infectious Diseases Division
  USUHS
  Bethesda, Maryland

  Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
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  Mahalia Desruisseaux, MD

  Associate Professor
  Yale School of Medicine, CT

  Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
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  Andrés Henao Martínez, MD

  Assistant Professor
  University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
  Aurora, Colorado

  Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit

No CPE Credits

Learning Objectives:

• explain the impact of malaria, Chagas disease, and leishmaniasis on individuals living in the US
• summarize the risk factors and transmission dynamics for autochthonous infection with these pathogens in the US
• review recommendations for and recent advances in treatment

Presentations:

• 2:45pm – 4:00pm EDT

  Chagas Disease: Importance of Prevention and Early Treatment
  Andrés F. Henao Martínez, MD – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
• 2:45pm – 4:00pm EDT

  Leishmaniasis in the United States
  Naomi E. Aronson, MD – USUHS
• 2:45pm – 4:00pm EDT

  Malaria in the United States
  Mahalia S. Desruisseaux, MD – Yale School of Medicine