Programme

Thursday

 16 October
 

10.00–12.00

Registration.

12.00–13.15

Lunch

13.15–13.30

Opening address, practical information.
Jan O Lundström, Ingvar Eliasson

13.30–14.15

1. Interrupting transmission of Lyme borreliosis by targeting a reservoir for vaccination: a longitudinal study of a field site in North America. Alan Barbour, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics and Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, U.S.A.

14.15–15.00

Free communications. Moderator: Johan Berglund

2. Involvement of cytolytic immune cells in human Lyme borreliosis - indication of intracellular persistance of the Borrelia spirochete? Christina Ekerfelt, Dept Clinical Immunology, Univ Linköping, Sweden.

3. Borrelia specific IFN-γ and IL-4 secretion in CSF and blood during the course of Human Lyme Borreliosis: Relation to clinical outcome. Mona Widhe, Division of Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Linköping, Sweden.

4. Host Immune Mechanisms in Recurrent Lyme Erythema Infection with Focus on the Cytokines Interleukin-4, Interferon-gamma and Interleukin-10. Elin You, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Linkoping, Sweden.

15.00–15.30

Coffee break and Press Conference

15.30–16.00

Presentation of the Society for Zoonotic Ecology and Epidemiology and the project "Research Institute for Zoonotic Ecology and Epidemiology", Öland, Sweden.

16.00–17.30

Free communications. Moderator: Anneli Bjöersdorff

5. Genetic Variation and Geographic Distribution of Anaplasma phagocytophilum (formerly Ehrlichia phagocytophila). Anneli Bjöersdorff, Research Institute for Zoonotic Ecology and Epidemiology, Öland, and Dept Clinical Microbiology, Kalmar County Hospital, Kalmar, Sweden.

6. Detection by PCR of Anaplasma in Danish Roe deer. Sigurdur Skarphedinsson, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark.

7. Suppressed response to Borrelia antigen in patients co-exposed to Borrelia burgdorferi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Sara Jarefors, Div of Clinical Immunology, Dept of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Linköping, Sweden.

8. A Five-year Study of the Presence of Borrelia and Antibodies to Borrelia in Small Rodents. Karel Vostal, Department of Comparative Physiology and General Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.

18.30–20.00

Dinner

20.00–

Poster Museum / Get Together Party!
 

Friday 
 

 17 October

08.30–09.15

9. Geographical Distribution and Phylogenetic Relationships of European Hantaviruses. Alexander Plyusnin, Haartman Institute, Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Finland.
 

09.15–10.00

10. Intercontinental dispersal and local adaptation of a mosquito-borne bird virus. Jan O Lundström, Dept Population Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
 

10.00–10.30

Coffee break

10.30–11.15

11. Phylogeny and Distribution of Vector-Borne Pathogens: What to Expect from Genomics? Siv Andersson, Department of Molecular Evolution, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
 

11.15–12.30

Free communications. Moderator: Åke Lundkvist.

12. Changing climate and emerging infectious diseases. Thomas Palo, Dept Natural and Environmnetal Sciences,
Mid-Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden.

13. Biological diversity versus risk for mosquito nuisance and disease transmission in constructed wetlands. Martina Schäfer, Dept. of Population Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Sweden.

14. Biological mosquito control in Sweden and risk assessment for non-target wetland insects. Thomas Persson, Dept of Population Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala Universiry, Sweden.

15. The role of Innate Immunity in controlling the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus replication. Ali Mirazimi, Dept. of Virology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden.

16. Genetic analysis of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in Iran. Mikael Nilsson, Dept. of Virology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden.

12.30–13.30

Lunch

13.30–14.15

17. Influenza Virus Zoonoses. Ron A.M. Fouchier, Dept. Virology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

14.15–15.00

Free communications. Moderator: Martin Holmberg

18. Characterisation of human TBEV-strains from Sweden and a short review of the phylogenetic relationships within TBEV and Louping Ill. Mats Haglund, Department of Infectious Diseases, Kalmar County Hospital, Kalmar, Sweden.

19. Genetic diversity over short geographic distances and no host specificity among Bartonella grahamii infecting woodland rodents of central Sweden. Christian Ehrenborg, Dept of Medical Sciences, Section for Infectious Diseases, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.

20. Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. and Other Spirochaetes in mosquitoes (larvae and adults) in the Czech Republic. Jakub Netusil, Department of Comparative Animal Physiology and General Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.

15.00–15.30

Coffee Break

15.30–17.30

Round Table Discussions (parallell sessions):

Theme I. P3 and P4 facilities. When and why? Moderator: Åke Lundquist, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Stockholm, Sweden.

Theme II. Birds and Zoonotic Infections. Moderators: Jan O Lundström, Dept Population Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden and Björn Olsen, Dept. Infectious Diseases, Länssjukhuset (County Hospital), Kalmar, Sweden, Infectious Diseases
Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden and RIZEE, Öland, Sweden.

Theme III. Ecology of Borrelia spirochetes. Moderator: Sven Bergström, Dept. Medical microbiology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

18.30

Departure by bus to Kalmar Castle

19.00–

Medieval dinner and entertainment
 

Saturday 

 18 October
 

08.30–09.15

HOT TOPIC (21): A Novel Corona Virus Causing Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Ron A.M. Fouchier, Dept. Virology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
 

09.15–10.00

22. Campylobacter jejuni and wild birds. Tina Broman, Dept. of Clinical Bacteriology, Umeå University and The Swedish Defence Research Agency, Sweden.

10.00–10.30

Coffee Break

10.30–11.30

Free communications. Moderator: Björn Olsen

23. Acanthamoeba polyphaga as a Trojan Horse for Campylobacter Infection? Daniel Dahlgren, Research Institute for Zoonotic Ecology and Epidemiology, Öland, and Dept Clinical Microbiology, Kalmar County Hospital, Kalmar, Sweden.

24. Natural reservoirs and vectors of Francisella tularensis in Sweden. Tina Broman, Dept. of Clinical Bacteriology, Umeå University and The Swedish Defence Research Agency, Sweden.

11.30–12.00

25. Research activities and possibilities at Ottenby Bird Observatory. Martin Stervander, Ottenby Bird Observatory, Öland, Sweden.

12.00–12.30

Late breaking news. Future prospects. Concluding remarks. Moderator: Jan O Lundström

12.30–13.30

Lunch

P O S T E R S

26. Development of molecular diagnostics for Orthopoxviruses. Marie Johansson, Dept. of Virology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden.

27. Rapid detection and quantification of RNA of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus by Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR. Linda Bladh, Dept. of Virology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden.

28. A Six-year Study of the Presence of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Ixodes ricinus Ticks in the Town Park of Brno, Czech Republic. Petra Nejedla, Department of Comparative Animal Physiology and General Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.

29. Characterization of Ljungan virus. Jens-Ola Ekström, Susanne Johansson, Kjell-A Edman and A Michael Lindberg Dept. of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, University of Kalmar, Sweden.

30. Hot Zones in Time and Space on Human Hantavirus Infections in Northern Sweden. Gert Olsson, Dept. of Animal Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Dept. of Clinical Microbiology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.

In addition to these posters, a number of posters was presented at the "Poster Museum"!

This version of the programme was published 2003-10-19. It has been revised to reflect the true order of the presentations, as they were finally given.