First European Day of Fighting Infection
On the occasion of ESCMID's 25th anniversary the "First European Day of Fighting Infection" was launched with a symposium on the historical and sociological impact of infectious diseases.
Symposium faculty (from left to right: Raul Isturiz, Fernando Baquero, Didier Raoult, Giuseppe Cornaglia, Franco Cardini, Javier Garau, Alasdair Geddes, Sherwood Gorbach).
Symposium Programme
Greetings and Introduction
Giuseppe Cornaglia, Verona, Italy
Saint George and the Dragon
Javier Garau, Barcelona, Spain
Presentation
The Black Death: demographic and cultural crisis in Mediaeval Europe
Franco Cardini, Florence, Italy
Presentation
Merging infection reservoirs: Europe meeting America and the dawn of the Modern Age
Raul Isturiz, Caracas, Venezuela
Presentation
Lazarettos and Quarantine: the infected patient between hospitality and rejection
Alasdair Geddes, Solihull, UK
Presentation
How Rickettsia defeated the ‘Grande Armée’: louse-transmitted diseases and Napoleon's retreat from Russia – an example of paleomicrobiology
Didier Raoult, Marseille, France
Presentation
Tuberculosis as the ‘White Plague’: its influence on XIX century aesthetics
Giuseppe Cornaglia, Verona, Italy
Presentation
The Antibiotic Century: transforming infections into curable diseases
Sherwood Gorbach, San Diego, US
Presentation
Infectious Diseases as a driving factor for unifying XXI century Europe
Fernando Baquero, Madrid, Spain
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