8th Annual PulseNet Update Meeting
April 27 - 30, 2004
Holiday Inn on the Bay, San Diego, CA
Overview
Over 170 people attended the 8th annual PulseNet Update Meeting in San Diego, CA from April 27-30, 2004. The theme for the meeting was "PulseNet: Getting Connected." Presentations addressed strengthening surveillance activities with both epidemiologists and clinical laboratories, recent outbreaks and utilization of data in the National Database, PulseNet activities at federal food regulatory agencies, the development of standardized PulseNet protocols for dangerous pathogens, optimizing the PulseNet software and improving the quality of submitted data, progress made by PulseNet International and other surveillance networks, and research towards implementing next generation subtyping methods. Three break-out sessions facilitated interactions among the participants and generated ideas for further improvements to the PulseNet network, both locally and nationally.
Slide Presentations
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Tuesday, April 27, 2004
PulseStar Awards
Bala Swaminathan, CDC
Making PulseNet Work: Putting the Surveillance in Subtyping
Craig Hedberg, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health
Making PulseNet Work: Laboratory Connectivity
Norm Crouch, Director, Public Health Laboratory Division, Minnesota Dept. of Health
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Introduction of the Meeting Theme: Getting Connected
Kelley B. Hise, CDC
2003 Year in Review: Accomplishments and Challenges
Bala Swaminathan, CDC
Annual Report
Sharon Rolando Shea, APHL
Getting Connected: Local and National Databases
Possible MDR Salmonella Newport Outbreak in Oklahoma
Mike McDermott, Oklahoma State Dept. of Health
Some Salmonella Newport MDR Strains: Same or Different Clones?
Jana Lockett, CDC
Outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 Infections Associated with Steaks - Minnesota, 2003
Dave Boxrud, Minnesota Dept. of Health
PulseNet National Database: E. coli O157:H7
Jennifer Kincaid, CDC
Shigella flexneri 3 and the National Database
Desmond Jennings, CDC
Outbreak of Shigella sonnei at a Denver Hotel
Ann Woo Ming, Colorado Dept. of Health
Listeria monocytogenes Outbreak Associated with Queso Fresco
Ana Maria Valle-Rivera, Texas Dept. of Health
Listeria monocytogenes Outbreak Associated with Queso Fresco
Paola Bordoni, CDC
Getting Connected: Communication Between Lab and Epi
The Chamber of Epi "Secrets": Epi Terms and Nomenclature
Michael Lynch, CDC
Putting the PulseNet Puzzle Together
Roshan Reporter, Los Angeles County Dept. of Health Services
Molecular Subtyping: Beyond Surveillance and Outbreak Investigations
Chris Braden, CDC
When Mollusks Attack! Typhoid Fever in Texas
Matt Richardson, Texas Dept. of Health
Summary of Minnesota Area Laboratory Meeting
Dave Boxrud, Minnesota Dept. of Health
Thursday April 29, 2004
Getting Connected: Federal PulseNet Laboratories
USDA-FSIS PulseNet Activities
Emilio Esteban, USDA-FSIS
Activities at FDA (CFSAN, ORA, and CVM)
Thomas Donkar, FDA
Getting Connected: PulseNet Validation Laboratory
Update on the Molecular Typing Network for Dangerous Pathogens
Kristy Kubota, CDC
Experiences on PFGE Manipulation and Current Status of Lab-Based Molecular Subtyping in Taiwan
Chien-Shun Chiou, CDC/Taiwan
Restriction Enzyme Chemistry
Paul Mola, Roche
PulseNet Software and Communication: Improvements, Reminders, and Coming Attractions
Susan Hunter, CDC and Robert Long, CDC
New Features of BioNumerics Version 3.5
Paul Vauterin, Applied Maths
Gel Quality and Band Marking: Individual Improvements That Will Improve the Entire Database
Susan Van Duyne, CDC and Christine Steward, APHL
Introduction to Break-out Session 3: PFGE Data Analysis, Interpretation and Application
Laura Kornstein, New York City Dept. of Health
Streamlining PFGE Work in Washington State
Ravi Pallipamu, Washington State Dept. of Health
Getting Connected: PulseNet International Networks
Samonella Species from Imported Peanuts: Results of an International Outbreak Investigation
John Threlfall, Health Protection Agency, United Kingdom
PulseNet Latin America
Norma Binsztein, Malbran Institute, Argentina and Enrique Perez, INPPAZ - PAHO/WHO
PulseNet Asia Pacific
Kai-Man Kam, Public Health Laboratory Centre, Hong Kong
Friday April 30, 2004
Getting Connected: PulseNet International Networks (cont.)
Update on PulseNet Europe
Peter Gerner-Smidt, Statens Serum Institut, Denmark
PulseNet Canada
Lai-King Ng, National Laboratory for Enteric Pathogens, Health Canada
Setting a New Standard for Certification and PT
Christine Steward, APHL
Getting Connected: Other Molecular Networks
ORSA in Washington and the US
Ravi Pallipamu, Washington Dept. of Health
CaliciNet/IDMEDS
Steve Monroe, CDC
Connecting PulseNet, NARMS, and Epi Data
Alison Drake, CDC
Research Funding Proposal Projects Updates
Listeria monocytogenes
Leslie Wolf, North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health
E. coli O157:H7
Sandra Smole, Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health
Salmonella
Kristin Pederson, Minnesota Dept. of Health
Campylobacter MLST and E. coli O157:H7 SNP Analysis
Alyssa Bumbaugh, CDC
PulseNet 2004 Wrap-up
PulseNet Meeting 2005
Bala Swaminathan, CDC
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