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Programme
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Thursday
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16 October
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 18.30–20.00 |
Dinner |
| 20.00– |
Poster Museum / Get Together
Party!
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Friday
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17 October
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| 08.30–09.15 |
9.
Geographical Distribution and Phylogenetic Relationships
of European Hantaviruses. Alexander Plyusnin,
Haartman Institute, Department of Virology, University
of Helsinki, Finland.
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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.
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| 12.30–13.30 |
Lunch |
| 13.30–14.15 |
17. Influenza Virus Zoonoses. Ron A.M. Fouchier,
Dept. Virology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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| 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.
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| 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
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| 18.30 |
Departure
by bus to Kalmar Castle |
| 19.00– |
Medieval dinner and entertainment
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Saturday
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18 October
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| 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
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| 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.
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| 11.30–12.00 |
25.
Research activities and possibilities at Ottenby Bird
Observatory. Martin Stervander, Ottenby Bird
Observatory, Öland, Sweden.
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| 12.00–12.30 |
Late
breaking news. Future prospects. Concluding remarks.
Moderator: Jan O Lundström
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| 12.30–13.30 |
Lunch |
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P
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26.
Development of molecular diagnostics for Orthopoxviruses.
Marie Johansson, Dept. of Virology, Swedish Institute
for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden.
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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.
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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.
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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"! |
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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. |
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