Organizing Committee
- Giuseppe Cornaglia, Verona, IT
- Murat Akova, Ankara, TR
- Onder Ergonul, Istanbul, TR
- Giorgio Palu, Padova, IT (Italian Society for Virology)
- Haluk Eraksoy, Istanbul, TR [Turkish Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (KLIMIK)]
Conference Objectives
- Learning from global experiences of different groups of viral haemorrhagic fevers.
- Define priorities for clinical and public health practices and to define research areas.
Target Audience
Basic research scientists, virologists, microbiologists, clinicians, clinicians, public health officers.
Presentations
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Session 1. Introduction and Historical Perspectives
Overview Lecture
Onder Ergonul, Istanbul, TR and Mike Bray, Bethesda, US
Session 2. Epidemiological and Clinical Features
Lassa Fever
Dan Bausch, New Orleans, US
Presentation not available
Bunyaviral HF, Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
Nurcan Baykam, TR
Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (Hantaan virus)
Tatjana Avsic Zupanc, Ljubljana, SI
Rift Valley Fever
Janusz Paweska, ZA
Presentation not available
Flavivirus HF & Dengue fever, Toscana Fever
Vincenzo Puro, IT
Presentation not available
Session 3. Epidemiology and Ecology
Ecology of Tick-Borne Disease and the Role of Climate
Sarah Randolph, Oxford, UK
Session 4. The Vectors, the Reservoirs, and Risk Prediction
The Role of Vectors
Aysen Gargili, Istanbul, TR
Presentation not available
VHFs among Animals
Zati Vatansever, Ankara, TR
The Use of Climatic Spatial Maps
Agustin Estrada-Pena, Zaragoza, ES
Session 5. CCHF Roundtable Discussion: An Euroasian Perspective.
Challenges in Clinical Diagnosis and Therapy
Nazif Elaldi, Sivas, TR
Zulal Ozkurt, Erzurum, TR
Presentation not available
Mehmet Ali Torunoglu, TR
Presentation not available
Molecular Epidemiology and Phylogenetics
Anna Papa, Thessaloniki, GR
Sadegh Chinikar, Tehran, IR
Kenan Midilli, Istanbul, TR
Presentation not available
Aykut Ozdarendeli, TR
Session 6. Pathogenesis
Pathogenesis of VHF
Thomas Geisbert, Boston, US
Presentation not available
Comparison of Ebola and CCHF
Mike Bray, Bethesda, US
Presentation not available
Pathogenesis of sepsis
Thierry Roger, CH
Session 7. The Etiological Agents and Laboratory Diagnosis
Conventional Diagnostic Methods
Herve Zeller, Lyon, FR
Presentation not available
Molecular Biology of the Viruses and Recent Diagnostic Tools
Roger Hewson, Salisbury, UK
Presentation not available
Session 8. Current Treatment and Alternatives
Disease Course and the Treatment
Onder Ergonul, Istanbul, TR
Observational Studies of Ribavirin
Masoud Mardani, Tehran, IR
Perspectives for the Development of Potent Antivirals Against Viruses Causing Haemorrhagic Diseases
Johan Neyts, Leuven, BE
Presentation not available
Animal Models and the Potential Problems
Sina Bavari, Frederick, US
Presentation not available
The Role of Innate Immunity for Controlling of Emerging Viruses
Ali Mirazimi, Stockholm, SE
Presentation not available
Session 9. Prevention and Control
Health Care Workers and Nosocomial VHFs
Arnaud Tarantola, Saint-Maurice, FR
Vaccination Experience in Argentina
Delia Enria, Pergamino, AR
A New Veterinary Vaccine Against Rift Valley Virus
Michele Bouloy, FR
Presentation not available
