Invasive Myna Control in American Samoa

Leptospirosis, American Samoa

To the Editor: Leptospirosis is common in the Pacifi c Islands (66.4 cases/100,000 population/ year compared with 5 cases/100,000 population/year globally) (1) and is often misdiagnosed as dengue because of overlapping clinical features, poor awareness, and inadequate diagnostic facilities (2,3). Clinical manifestations range from asymptomatic to severe disease with pulmonary hemorrhage and ren...

Seroprevalence of Dengue in American Samoa, 2010

324 Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 19, No. 2, February 2013 in Italy and Spain (1,9). In southern European countries, TOSV is mostly transmitted by P. perniciosus and P. perfiliewi sandflies (1,6,9), whereas P. perniciosus, P. longicuspis, and P. perfiliewi are the most abundant sandfly species in northern Tunisia. It is therefore probable that TOSV is transmitted by sand...

Brown Root Rot Disease in American Samoa

Phellinus noxius causes root and lower stem rot of woody plants throughout the South Pacific region. Its hosts include rubber, mahogany, cacao, and many timber, fruit and landscape trees. Though endemic to the tropics, we found no reports describing brown root rot disease in native forests, exclusively. Incidence, distribution and host range of P. noxius were measured in primary and secondary r...

Long-Term Impact of a Community Health Worker Intervention on Diabetes Control in American Samoa

INTRODUCTION Diabetes Care in American Samoa (DCAS) was a randomized controlled trial of a 12-month intervention facilitated by community health workers (CHWs) that demonstrated improved HbA1c levels compared with usual care at trial completion. We sought to evaluate the long-term impact of this intervention on diabetes control. METHODS We retrospectively collected HbA1c measurements from med...

Plant Parasitic Algae (trentepohliales, Chlorophyta) in American Samoa