Moderator: Jennifer White

Presentation Order:

1. Companion Animal Salmonella Surveillance: Observed Characteristics and Dietary Exposures, NYC, 2025
Presenter: Maya Fernandez, Bureau of Communicable Disease, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Authors: Maya Hajny Fernandez, Kevin Lovingood, Sally Slavinski

2. Efficacy of Lyme Post-Exposure Prophylaxis in Children
Presenter: Alana Gardner, Albany Medical College
Authors: Xochitl Bryson, Jackson Cabot, Alana Gardner, Ashar Ata, Christopher Woll

3. First Reports of Powassan Virus Infection in Infants, Massachusetts, 2025
Presenter: Juliana Duncan, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Authors: Juliana Duncan, Christine Nguyen, Matthew Osborne, Brandi Hopkins, Lawrence Madoff, Catherine M. Brown

4. A Collaborative Approach to Responding to an Increase in Human Leptospirosis in New York City
Presenter: Marc Paladini, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Author: Marc Paladini

5. Refining Blastomycosis Case Estimates in New York State Using a Two-Stage Surveillance Approach
Presenter: Yash Chikara, New York State Department of Health
Authors: Yash Chikara, Haillie Meek, Alexandra Newman