Meeting with U.S. Senate Candidate Lloyd Doggett

List of attendees meeting Geraldine Ferraro and Senate-candidate (and later Representative) Lloyd Doggett.https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/vice_presidential_campaign_materials_1984/1008/thumbnail.jp

Murray Valley encephalitis virus surveillance and control initiatives in Australia.

Mechanisms for monitoring Murray Valley encephalitis (MVE) virus activity include surveillance of human cases, surveillance for activity in sentinel animals, monitoring of mosquito vectors and monitoring of weather conditions. The monitoring of human cases is only one possible trigger for public health action and the additional surveillance systems are used in concert to signal the risk of human disease, often before the appearance of human cases. Mosquito vector surveillance includes mosquito trapping for speciation and enumeration of mosquitoes to monitor population sizes and relative composition. Virus isolation from mosquitoes can also be undertaken. Monitoring of weather conditions and vector surveillance determines whether there is a potential for MVE activity to occur. Virus isolation from trapped mosquitoes is necessary to define whether MVE is actually present, but is difficult to deliver in a timely fashion in some jurisdictions. Monitoring of sentinel animals indicates whether MVE transmission to vertebrates is actually occurring. Meteorological surveillance can assist in the prediction of potential MVE virus activity by signalling conditions that have been associated with outbreaks of Murray Valley encephalitis in humans in the past. Predictive models of MVE virus activity for south-eastern Australia have been developed, but due to the infrequency of outbreaks, are yet to be demonstrated as useful for the forecasting of major outbreaks. Surveillance mechanisms vary across the jurisdictions. Surveillance of human disease occurs in all States and Territories by reporting of cases to health authorities. Sentinel flocks of chickens are maintained in 4 jurisdictions (Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Victoria and New South Wales) with collaborations between Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Mosquito monitoring complements the surveillance of sentinel animals in these jurisdictions. In addition, other mosquito monitoring programs exist in other States (including South Australia and Queensland). Public health control measures may include advice to the general public and mosquito management programs to reduce the numbers of both mosquito larvae and adult vectors. Strategic plans for public health action in the event of MVE virus activity are currently developed or being developed in New South Wales, the Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia and Victoria. A southern tri-State agreement exists between health departments of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia and the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care. All partners have agreed to co-operate and provide assistance in predicting and combatting outbreaks of mosquito-borne disease in south-eastern Australia. The newly formed National Arbovirus Advisory Committee is a working party providing advice to the Communicable Diseases Network Australia on arbovirus surveillance and control. Recommendations for further enhancement of national surveillance for Murray Valley encephalitis are described

Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

The human genome holds an extraordinary trove of information about human development, physiology, medicine and evolution. Here we report the results of an international collaboration to produce and make freely available a draft sequence of the human genome. We also present an initial analysis of the data, describing some of the insights that can be gleaned from the sequence.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/62798/1/409860a0.pd

Finishing the euchromatic sequence of the human genome

The sequence of the human genome encodes the genetic instructions for human physiology, as well as rich information about human evolution. In 2001, the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium reported a draft sequence of the euchromatic portion of the human genome. Since then, the international collaboration has worked to convert this draft into a genome sequence with high accuracy and nearly complete coverage. Here, we report the result of this finishing process. The current genome sequence (Build 35) contains 2.85 billion nucleotides interrupted by only 341 gaps. It covers ∼99% of the euchromatic genome and is accurate to an error rate of ∼1 event per 100,000 bases. Many of the remaining euchromatic gaps are associated with segmental duplications and will require focused work with new methods. The near-complete sequence, the first for a vertebrate, greatly improves the precision of biological analyses of the human genome including studies of gene number, birth and death. Notably, the human enome seems to encode only 20,000-25,000 protein-coding genes. The genome sequence reported here should serve as a firm foundation for biomedical research in the decades ahead

A letter from Lloyd Doggett to Dr. Hector P. Garcia, pleased that Dr. Garcia will serve on the Honor America's Commitment Committee.

A letter from Lloyd Doggett, Senator from Texas and candidate for the United States Senate, to Dr. Hector P. Garcia, pleased that Dr. Garcia will serve on the Honor America's Commitment Committee

A letter and enclosed insert of members of the Doggett Policy Advisory Council Committee for a Contemporary Texas. Dr. Hector P. Garcia's name is the second in the middle column, partially blacked out by the tree.

A letter and enclosed insert of members of the Doggett Policy Advisory Council Committee for a Contemporary Texas. Dr. Hector P. Garcia's name is the second in the middle column, partially blacked out by the tree

A letter and accompanying press release from Lloyd Doggett to Dr. Hector P. Garcia regarding the formation of the Polcy Advisory Council, which Dr. Garcia was part of.

A letter and accompanying press release from Lloyd Doggett, Texas State Senator, to Dr. Hector P. Garcia regarding the formation of the Polcy Advisory Council, which Dr. Garcia was part of

A letter from Lloyd Doggett to Dr. Hector P. Garcia, thanking him for his role on the Advisory council.

A letter from Texas State Senator Lloyd Doggett to Dr. Hector P. Garcia, thanking him for his role on the Advisory council

A handwritten letter from Lloyd Doggett to Dr. Hector P. Garcia, hoping that they can meet at a luncheon in Corpus Christi on August 29.

A handwritten letter from Lloyd Doggett, Texas State Senator, to Dr. Hector P. Garcia, hoping that they can meet at a luncheon in Corpus Christi on August 29

A letter from Lloyd Doggett to Dr. Hector P. Garcia, thanking him for his hospitality, and asking for comments on his idea to run for the United States Senate.

A letter from Lloyd Doggett, Texas State Senator, to Dr. Hector P. Garcia, thanking him for his hospitality, and asking for comments on his idea to run for the United States Senate