Episode 33 - Overview of Travel Medicine: Vaccines, Outbreaks, and More - Dr David Freedman

In this episode of Going anti-Viral, Dr Michael Saag speaks with Dr David Freedman of the University of Alabama at Birmingham to provide an overview of travel medicine: vaccines, outbreaks, and more. Dr Freedman is a professor of infectious diseases and his research is focused on clinical tropical medicine, including the development of surveillance networks to characterize infectious disease morbidity in travelers and migrants. Dr Saag and Dr Freedman provide an overview of worldwide outbreaks such as: mpox, H5N1, Marburg virus, Ebola, dengue fever, chikungunya, and Zika virus. Dr Freedman discusses the treatments and vaccines available for each of these outbreaks. They also address the clinical challenges of treating individuals with emerging infections of unknown origin. Finally, Dr Saag and Dr Freedman address the acute setting of treating rabies exposures from bats and other wild animals.

0:00 – Introduction

1:11 – Overview of surveillance networks and current areas of concern

4:01– Discussion of mpox outbreaks including a new clade in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

7:10 – Risk of H5N1 human transmission

10:07 – Update on Marburg virus disease

12:22 – Current status of Ebola disease and availability of monoclonal antibodies for treatment

15:53 – Overview of outbreaks in the Caribbean: dengue fever and chikungunya

25:08 – Update on Zika virus

26:36 – Discussion of how to clinically address cases of emerging viruses like Oropouche virus

29:50 – How to prevent and treat rabies exposures from bats and other animals

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Produced by IAS-USA, Going anti–Viral is a podcast for clinicians involved in research and care in HIV, its complications, and other viral infections. This podcast is intended as a technical source of information for specialists in this field, but anyone listening will enjoy learning more about the state of modern medicine around viral infections.

Going anti-Viral’s host is Dr Michael Saag, a physician, prominent HIV researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and volunteer IAS–USA board member. In most episodes, Dr Saag interviews an expert in infectious diseases or emerging pandemics about their area of specialty and current developments in the field. Other episodes are drawn from the IAS–USA vast catalogue of panel discussions, Dialogues, and other audio from various meetings and conferences.

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