14 - 16 October 2009, Grenoble, France

Course Objectives

• Be able to contribute to the epidemiological surveillance of zoonoses in Europe
• Know the potential of evolution of zoonoses in Europe
• Know the infectious risk associated with tick bites or mosquito bites in Europe
• Be able to diagnose and treat a zoonosis or vector-borne disease in Europe

Course Venue

Grenoble University, France. Located in the French Alps, one hour from the international airports of Lyon or Geneva and three hours from Paris.

Course Presentations

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• Introduction: attendance expectations. Jean-Paul Stahl
• First steps in entomology: vectors of epidemiological importance in Europe, their role and field identification. Francis Schaffner
• Changing zoonosis in Europe and sources of early information on outbreaks for clinicians. Jean-Claude Desenclos
• Overview of zoonoses in wildlife in Europe. Marc Artois

Tick-borne diseases of interest in Europe

• Predictive value of clinical and biological diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis. Christian Perronne
• Tick-borne rickettsial diseases. Oleg Mediannikov
• Workshop on cryptozoonosis. Jean-Pierre Bru, Alexandra Mailles & Jean-Paul Stahl

Mosquito-borne and sandfly-borne diseases of interest in Europe

• Leishmaniasis: new drugs and new strategies for the treatment. Pierre Marty
• Chikungunya and the potential of a major outbreak in Europe. Claudio Po
• Toscana virus and others arboviruses in Europe. Henriette De Valk

Other zoonoses of interest in Europe

• Q-fever in enzootic and newly infected countries: comparison of decisions
  made for individuals and public health in various European countries. Peter Schneeberger
• Zoonosis and vaccinations. Jean-Pierre Bru
• Treatment of zoonotic diseases due to intracellular bacteria. Philippe Brouqui