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This Friday and Saturday, public health officials and Texas A&M School of Public Health students are going door-to-door in randomly selected neighborhoods to conduct a Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER).
Dr. Jennifer Horney, associate professor, said this CASPER will assess the prevalence of risk factors for multiple tropical diseases in our community.
“For Dengue Fever is one of these diseases, and it’s carried by the same mosquito that carries the Zika virus,” said Dr. Horney.
She said these diseases are typically seen in people who travel outside of the United States, but they have seen local cases as close as Waco, Texas.
“We really would like to know if we have these risk factors in Bryan-College Station. We’ve seen some sporadic cases in Dallas and Waco, and this is going to let the health department prepare to respond to this,” said Dr. Horney.
The survey is comprised of about 30 questions covering your travel history, housing quality, food handling, and more. The date can be immediately useful in areas with high concentration risk factors.
Click below to hear Dr. Jennifer Horney visiting with WTAW’s Chelsea Reber.