Summary report – One Health Harmful Algal Bloom System (OHHABS), United States, 2020

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• Personal Author:
  Vigar, Marissa ; Thuneibat, Muhammad ; Jacobi, Amy ; Roberts, Virginia A.
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases.
• Description:
  Highlights
  
  • Thirteen states reported 227 harmful algal blooms (HABs) that resulted in a total of 95 human illnesses and at least 1,170 animal illnesses.
  
  • The first human death reported in OHHABS was associated with paralytic shellfish poisoning.
  
  • A HAB event in September killed at least 1,000 fish (carp).
  
  • 22 human illnesses (23%) were associated with national parks, with 21 illnesses attributed to a single HAB event.
  
  Suggested citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Summary Report – One Health Harmful Algal Bloom System (OHHABS), United States, 2020. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC, 2022.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  Background -- Methods -- Findings: Overview; HAB Events; Human Illnesses; Animal Illnesses -- Limitations -- Conclusion.
• Subjects:
  Disease Notification Environmental Health Harmful Algal Bloom Public Health Surveillance
• Document Type:
  Webpage
• Name as Subject:
  One Health Harmful Algal Bloom System
• Genre:
  Annual Reports
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7486576e37008bd9686986055d094877f9fe72388e17d7ee7160170b2466d460
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/125668/cdc_125668_DS1.pdf
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