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Revised Final Programme |
Monday, November 4th 2012 |
| 08.00 – 09.00 |
Registration |
| 09.00 – 09.30 |
Introduction & Welcome |
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- Detecting emerging threats - developing early warning systems to monitor the transmission of infectious diseases from animals to humans
Prof. Sue Welburn
- Assessing the risk - National cross-sectoral collaboration in assessment of risk at the human-animal interface
Dr. Dilys Morgan (Health Protection Agency, UK)
- The epidemiological and virological response to the emerging Schmallenberg virus – a recent case study
Prof. Dr. Klaus Stark (Robert Koch Institute, Germany)
- Integrated strategies for improving human and animal health
Dr. David Heymann (Chatham House, Health Protection Agency, UK) |
| 10.45 – 11.15 |
Coffee break |
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Parallel session 1 Food- and water-borne diseases Moderated by: Meirion Evans |
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- Gastro-intestinal poisoning following mistaken consumption of daffodils, Bristol, UK, February 2012
Petra Matulkova
- Outbreak of Salmonella Oranienburg linked to raw milk sheep cheese, France, May 2012
Nathalie Jourdan-Da Silva
- Virulence of human STEC-infection differs across serogroups - according to mandatory surveillance data, Germany, 2004-2011
Karina Preussel
- Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak associated with contaminated eggs in Slovakia, May 2012
Andrea Kološová |
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Parallel session 2 Healthcare-associated infections (1) Moderated by: Anders Tegnell |
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- Evaluating the impact of inter-ward patient movements on the spread of nosocomial infections
Mariano Ciccolini
- Contact to livestock as an important risk factor for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) should be included in screening routines in hospital patients in the district Osnabrueck, Germany
Michaela Diercke
- Cluster Analysis of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) colonisation on a LondonHospital Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 2010-2011
Ellen Heinsbroek
- Increase in notified acute respiratory infection clusters in nursing homes: Surveillance 2011-2012, Paca, France
Teija Korhonen |
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Parallel session 3 Tuberculosis Moderated by: Karin Ronning |
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- A tuberculosis cluster among immigrants in Norway 1997-2011: Identifying areas for improving the TB Control Programme
Bernardo Guzman Herrador
- Monitoring tuberculosis success rates in Germany - how clinical and demographic factors influence treatment success
Sofie Gillesberg Lassen
- Migrant tuberculosis screening: very low yield of active tuberculosis at port of entry and prediction for diagnosis after entrance - United Kingdom, 2009/2010
Ettore Severi
- Extensive transmission of tuberculosis in a school in United Kingdom, 2011
Maria Borg |
| 12.35 – 13.25 |
Lunch |
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Parallel session 4: Epidemiology and Microbiology driving public health policy (1) Moderated by: Frank Van Loock |
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- Identification of hidden key hepatitis C populations: An evaluation of screening practices using surveillance data and mixed epidemiological methods
Angelique PA Vermeiren
- Evidence for lower susceptibility to Q fever in children
Volker Heinz Hackert
- Q fever in times of 2009(H1N1) influenza - a diagnostic challenge
Volker Heinz Hackert |
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Parallel session 5: Healthcare-associated infections (2) Moderated by: Koen De Schrijve |
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- Risk of nosocomial transmission of high-risk human papillomavirus by endocavity ultrasound probes following low-level disinfection
Daniel Eibach
- Antimicrobial use in Scottish care homes for older people
Fiona Murdoch
- Second federal state-wide survey on MRSA management in hospitals in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW)
Annette Jurke |
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Parallel session 6: Surveillance (1) Moderated by: Andrew Amato-Gauci |
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- Swabbing characterization for virological confirmation in Spanish Influenza Surveillance System (SISS): Pre-pandemic and pandemic/post-pandemic seasons
Noemi López
- Occurrence and burden of infectious diseases in Dutch day care; Results of 2 years of surveillance
Remko Enserink
- Impact on varicella incidence 5 years after of vaccine introduction in Spain, 2006 - 2011 Giovanna Ciaravino
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| 14.25 – 14.55 |
Coffee Break |
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- Measles outbreak in Bulgaria among children: poor maternal educational attainment as a risk factor
Dr. Tek-Ang Lim, European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control, Sweden
- Socio-economic inequalities in Tuberculosis rates in Europe.
Dr. George B. Ploubidis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
- Reducing health inequity through action on the social determinants of health
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Row 1 - Antimicrobial resistance Moderated by: Lucy Thomas Row 2 - Contribution of modelling to applied epidemiology Moderated by: Marion Muehlen Row 3 - Food- and water-borne diseases Moderated by: Charlotte Kjelso Row 4 - Epidemiology & Microbiology driving Public Health Policy Moderated by: Polya Rosin Row 5 - Vaccine coverage, effectiveness and safety Moderated by: Lorenzo Pezzoli Row 6 - Healthcare-associated infections Moderated by: Outi Lyytikainnen Row 7 - HIV and sexually transmitted infections Moderated by: Sandra Dudareva-Vizule |
| 18.00 |
Welcome Reception – Hosted by Edinburgh’s Lord Provost |
Thursday, 25 October |
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- Example 1: Influenza surveillance in the UK
Dr. Satu Kurkela (EUPHEM Graduate, Helsinki Hospital University Laboratories, Finland) & Dr. Laurence Calatayud (EPIET graduate, HPA, UK)
- Example 2: Strengthening of National Public Health Laboratory capacity and networks for the diagnosis and control of emerging infectious diseases in Lao PDR.
Dr. Giovanna Jaramillo-Gutierrez (EUPHEM fellow, RIVM, The Netherlands) & Ms. Hannah Lewis (EPIET graduate Cohort 12, WHO, Lao PDR)
- Roundtable: The rewards and challenges of the working collaboration between public health microbiology and applied infectious disease epidemiology
Leaders: Prof. Dr. Marion Koopmans (RIVM and Erasmus University, The Netherlands), Prof. Androulla Efstratiou (HPA, UK), Dr. Helen Maguire (HPA, UK) |
| 10.15 – 10.45 |
Coffee Break |
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Parallel session 7: Influenza Moderated by: Kari Johansen |
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- Influenza vaccine effectiveness in Europe, 2011-12: estimates from the I-MOVE multicentre case-control study among target groups for vaccination
Esther Kissling
- Estimating vaccine effectiveness against severe influenza in the United Kingdom 2011/12: applying the screening method to data from intensive care
H. Lucy Thomas
- Severe influenza cases admitted to intensive care units in France: estimation of vaccine effectiveness through three years of monitoring
Isabelle Bonmarin
- If it's not the ‘flu, what is it? Primary care consultations due to influenza-like illness in Scotland
Beatrix von Wissmann
- Individual and programme factors associated with uptake of Influenza vaccine in frontline healthcare workers in Northern Ireland, 2012: a case-control study
Galena Kuyumdzhieva
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Parallel session 8: Novel methodologies approaches (1) Moderated by: Yvan Hutin |
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- Word clouds as a potential method enhancement in outbreak investigations
Johan Lindh
- The use of mapping to identify priority areas for intervention during a typhoid fever outbreak in Harare, Zimbabwe, 2012
Isabel Martinez-Pino
- An electronic manual and resource e-library to monitor and evaluate surveillance systems' quality
Isabelle Devaux
- Laboratory preparedness for detection of shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O104:H4 in the EU/EEA: capacity building in response to the 2011 outbreak
Polya Rosin
- "Liking" social media – use of Facebook as a recruitment tool in an outbreak investigation, the Netherlands
Georgia Ladbury
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Parallel session 9: Outbreaks (1) Moderated by: Dionisio Herrera |
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- A norovirus outbreak in a vocational school associated with raw food, Austria, November 2011
Shu-Wan Jian
- A nationwide outbreak of Salmonella Newport associated with mung bean sprouts, Germany 2011
Bettina Rosner
- Q fever: Single-point source outbreak with high attack rates and massive numbers of undetected infections across an entire region
Volker Heinz Hackert
- Epidemiological investigation of a cholera outbreak in Ghoda village of Ahmedabad district, Gujarat, India, 2010
Himanshu Nayak
- Outbreak of hepatitis B in a German nursing home 2011 associated with blood glucose monitoring and a not reported HBs-Antigen-carrier status
Jane Hecht |
| 12.30 – 13.25 |
Lunch |
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Row 1 - Influenza Moderated by: Stefan Brockmann Row 2 - TB/Intervention Studies/Influenza Moderated by: Petri Ruutu Row 3 - Novel Methodological approaches for disease investigation, surveillance and control (1) Moderated by: Sandra Cohuet Row 4 - Novel Methodological approaches for disease investigation, surveillance and control (2) Moderated by: Pete Kinros Row 5 - Outbreaks (1) Moderated by: Anders Wallensten Row 6 - Outbreaks (2) Moderated by: Carmen Varela Santos Row 7 - Public health issues in mass gathering events/Vector borne diseases/International health Moderated by: Margarita Riera Row 8 - Burden of disease Moderated by: Edoardo Colzani |
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Parallel session 10: Epidemiology and Microbiology driving public health policy (2) Moderated by: Aftab Jasir |
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- Analysis of the Field Epidemiology Manual (FEM wiki): a fast-growing international community
Patty Kostkova
- Nothing new on the Eastern Front - Exceptional agreements after Europe's eastern expansion paved the way to a new EPIET training format.
Marion Muehlen
- The European Diphtheria Surveillance Network (EDSN): a strong model to combat a rare disease and use resources efficiently, share knowledge openly, and give support effectively.
Shona Neal |
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Parallel session 11: Health care associated infections (3) Moderated by: Panayotis Tassios |
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- Estimating the healthcare costs of post-surgical infection in patients undergoing caesarean section in England
Catherine Wloch
- Estimating the risk of post-operative bacteraemia in English patients, 2011
Suzanne Elgohari
- Implementation of a nationwide centralized system for surveillance of healthcare-associated outbreaks in Germany, 2011/2012
Sebastian Haller |
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Parallel session 12: Burden of disease Moderated by: Piotr Kramarz |
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- The impact of demographic change on the estimated future burden of infectious diseases: Examples from hepatitis B and seasonal influenza in the Netherlands
Scott McDonald
- Epidemics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections have limited impact on pneumonia-associated hospitalizations and macrolides consumption, Finland, 1996-2011
Aleksandra Polkowska
- The BCoDE toolkit for assessing impact of interventions in the EU: a pilot study using observed data
Edoardo Colzani |
| 15.45 – 16.15 |
Coffee Break |
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Parallel session 13: Vaccine- preventable diseases (1) Moderated by: Marrianne Van der Sande |
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- Compliance with national childhood vaccination recommendations of children born 2006/07/08 in Germany
Thorsten Rieck
- Is Germany on the road to eliminating rubella?
Sofie Gillesberg Lassen
- Measles vaccination coverage and reasons for low coverage among preschool children in Bavaria, Germany, 2004-2007
Merle Böhmer
- Reasons for non-vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) in a sample of Italian girls (results from VALORE project), 2012
Cristina Giambi |
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Parallel session 14: Surveillance (2) Moderated by: Adriana Pistol |
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- Evaluation of the Austrian Salmonella Surveillance System following the implementation of a new electronic reporting system, 2012
Sabine Kasper
- Surveillance for invasive meningococcal disease in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 1995-2011
Daniel Eibach
- Is laboratory electronic reporting speeding non-typhi salmonellae surveillance? London and South East of England, 2010/2011
Ettore Severi
- Severe influenza surveillance system in the United Kingdom: evaluation of mandatory reporting
Carlos Carvalho
- Daily mortality monitoring in Spain: Evaluation of system timeliness 2008-2010
Vinciane Sizaire
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Parallel session 15: Outbreaks (2) Moderated by: Annick Lenglett |
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- Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 infection associated with consumption of ground beef burgers, South West France, 2012
Patrick Rolland
- European outbreak of Salmonella Strathcona caused by small tomatos, August - November 2011
Charlotte Kjelso
- Molecular investigation of a legionellosis outbreak in a hotel in Calpe, Spain
Fernando Gonzalez-Candelas
- Epidemiological investigation and intervention in a legionellosis outbreak in a hotel in Calpe, Spain
Fernando Gonzalez-Candelas |
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Vaccination as a tool for Public Health control:
- Measles epidemics in France: What have we learnt?
Prof. Daniel Floret, Claude Bernard Université Lyon, Haut Conseil de la Santé Publique, France
- Pertussis: Comparison of national vaccination programmes
Dr. Scott Halperin, Canadian Center for Vaccinology, Dalhousie University, Canada
Vaccine safety:
- Post-licensing monitoring of rare adverse events and safety assessment
Dr. Piotr Kramarz, European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control, Sweden Dr. Daniel Weibel, Erasmus University Medical Centre, The Netherlands |
| 10.15 - 10.45 |
Coffee Break |
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Parallel session 16: Vaccine-preventable diseases (2) Moderated by: Darina Oflanagan |
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- Impact of rotavirus vaccination in regions with low and moderate vaccine uptake in Germany
Sandra Dudareva-Vizule
- cycEVA study: four years of monitoring influenza vaccine effectiveness in Spain
Silvia Jiménez-Jorge
- The changing serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Ireland, since introducing pneumococcal conjugate vaccines
Margaret Fitzgerald
- Validation of TdaP-IPV booster registration in the Danish Childhood Vaccination Database: A survey in the 2000-2003 birth cohorts
Oktawia Wojcik
- The introduction of MenAfriVac™ from Agadez to Zinder: results from the third phase of the vaccination campaign, Niger, November 2011-January 2012
Saverio Caini
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Parallel session 17: Novel methodological approaches (2) Moderated by: Alain Moren |
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- Reconstruction of the evolutionary dynamics of the A(H1N1)pdm09 influenza virus in Italy during the pandemic and post-pandemic phases.
Elena Pariani
- Is Schmallenberg virus a new zoonotic agent? - a quick answer due to new (zoonotic) infectious disease control structures
Margreet te Wierik
- Supportive assay for measles case classification in low incidence settings: Immunoglobulin G (IgG) avidity testing of oral fluid samples
Katherina Zakikhany
- Use of flagellin A short variable region sequencing and antimicrobial resistance profiling in outbreak assessment of campylobacter in Denmark in 2011
Lieke van Alphen
- Molecular anatomy of invasive Group A streptococcal (iGAS) isolates in England
Baharak Afshar
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Parallel session 18: Outbreaks (3) Moderated by: Ines Steffans |
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- A large outbreak of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis caused by adenovirus type 37 in Southern Germany, 2011-2012
Ides Boone
- Active case finding for malaria cases in Lakonia, Greece: 2011-2012
Maria Tseroni |
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Row 1 - Surveillance (1) Moderated by: Eeva Broberg Row 2 - Surveillance (2) Moderated by: Katharina Alpers Row 3 - Public Health microbiology and molecular epidemiology (1) Moderated by: Stefan Brockmann Row 4 - Public Health microbiology and molecular epidemiology (2) Moderated by: Satu Kurkela Row 5 - Vaccine-preventable diseases (1) Moderated by: Lorenzo Pezzoli Row 6 - Vaccine-preventable diseases (2) Moderated by: Julien Beaute Row 7 - Zoonoses Moderated by: Charlotte Kjelso |
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Parallel session 19: Vector-borne diseases and Zoonoses Moderated by: Henriette De Valk |
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- Ecological niche modelling of West Nile virus vector mosquito species in Italy: habitat suitability range and association with epizootics in equines
Lapo Mughini Gras
- Tick-borne encephalitis transmitted by unpasteurised cow milk in western Hungary, September - October 2011
Saverio Caini
- Lack of evidence for Schmallenberg virus Infection in highly exposed persons
Tanja Ducomble
- Cryptosporidiosis outbreak among schoolchildren visiting a holiday farm in Norway
Heidi Lange
- Identification of various animal tapeworms other than T. solium by molecular methods in human cysticercosis cases
Sven Poppert
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Parallel session 20: HIV and sexually transmitted infections Moderated by: Mia Brytting |
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- Young commercial sex workers are at higher risk of sexually transmitted infections, the Netherlands, 2006-2011
Nelly Fournet
- Partner notification outcomes for MSM and heterosexuals with STI/HIV: challenges at different stages
Fleur van Aar
- Sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in Germany: Need to protect the migrants, the young and those with poor language skills
Melanie Schuster
- A response plan to manage the threat of untreatable gonorrhoea
Gianfranco Spiteri
- What is sustaining the ongoing outbreak of Shigella flexneri in men who have sex with men? Enhanced surveillance data analysis, England and Wales, 2011-2012 Maria Borg
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Parallel session 21: Vaccine- preventable diseases (3) Moderated by: Pawel Stefanoff |
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- Estimating the number of infants needed to vaccinate to prevent a case of Serogroup B invasive meningococcal disease
Natasha Crowcroft
- The incidence of narcolepsy in Europe: before, during, and after the influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 pandemic and vaccination campaigns
Daniel Weibel
- Serotype replacement in paediatric pneumococcal carriage during conjugate vaccine implementation
Rebecca. A. Gladstone
- Influenza outbreak in a nursing home in Ireland in April 2012: high case-fatality rate with low vaccination coverage among staff
Javiera Rebolledo
- Recurrent measles outbreaks in population groups with suboptimal immunizations uptake
Chen Stein Zamir |
| 16.25 – 16.40 |
Coffee Break |
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- Prioritising health events for ECDC epidemic intelligence activities at the European Union level for the London 2012 Olympics mass gathering.
Pete Kinross, European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control and EPIET, Sweden
- European football tournament (EURO2012) in Poland: A championship free of serious public health events. Results and assessment of the event-based surveillance.
Justyna Rogalska, EPIET and Health Protection Surveillance Centre Ireland
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