Charissa Fritzen, MSPH

Partner Services Epidemiologist
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Center for STI Prevention
500 N. Calvert Street
5th Floor
Baltimore, MD
USA 21202
charissa.fritzen@maryland.gov

Biographical Sketch:
2013-Present - Partner Services Epidemiologist, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Center for STI Prevention, Baltimore, MD 2009-2010- Emerging Infectious Disease Fellow, CDC and Tennessee State Department of Health, Vector Borne Disease Branch, Nashville, TN Fritzen C, Mosites E, Applegate RD, Telford III SR, Huang J, Yabsley MJ, Carpenter LR, Dunn JR, Moncayo AC. Environmental investigation following the first human case of babesiosis in Tennessee. Journal of Parasitology. 2013 Aug 23. Fritzen CM, Huang J, Westby K, Freye JD, Dunlap B, Yabsley MJ, Dunn J, Jones TF, Moncayo AC. 2011. Infection Rates of Common Tickborne Pathogens in Lone Star ticks (Amblyomma americanum) and American Dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) from Kentucky. Am. J. Trop. Med. 85(4): 718-723. Moncayo AC, Cohen SB, Fritzen CM, Huang E, Yabsley MJ, Freye JD, Dunlap BG, Huang J, Mead DG, Jones TF, Dunn JR, 2010. Absence of Rickettsia rickettsii and Occurrence of Other Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Ticks from Tennessee. Am. J. Trop. Med. 83(3): 653–657. Fritzen CM, Huang J, Westby K, Applegate RD, Telford SR 3rd, Yabsley MJ, Carpenter LR, Mosites E, Dunn JR, Moncayo AC. Babesia spp. in White-Tailed Deer and Eastern Cottontail Rabbits in Tennessee. American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Conference, Atlanta, GA 2010 Fritzen CM, Huang J, Westby K, Applegate RD, Telford SR 3rd, Yabsley MJ, Carpenter LR, Mosites E, Dunn JR, Moncayo AC. Babesia spp. in White-Tailed Deer and Eastern Cottontail Rabbits in Tennessee. Tennessee State Regional Epidemiology Conference, Nashville, TN 2010