“HUMAN AND ANIMAL EHRLICHIOSIS-ANAPLASMOSIS:
AN ARBO-ZOONOTIC EMERGING DISEASE”
International Conference
Sardinia, May 26 – 28, 2004
Porto Conte Ricerche Auditorium
Alghero (Sassari)
ITALY
PROGRAMME
WEDNESDAY
May 26, 2004
Afternoon
15.00Participants registration
16.00 Welcome of the Authorities and Congress opening
16:30Nazareno Renzo Brizioli, Vincenzo Piras e Andrea Riela
The role of Institutes for Zooprophylaxis on zoonotic diseases
Chairman: Piero Cappuccinelli (Sassari,Italy)
17:00Giorgio Canestri Trotti (Turin, Italy)
Biology and ecology of ticks
17:30Albertina Bernardi Iori (Rome, Italy)
Ticks as cause and vector of disease
18:00Guy Joncour (Bretagne, France)
Diagnosis and control of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in bovine herds in France
18:45Welcome cocktail
THURSDAY
May 27, 2004
Morning Chairmen: Guido Leori - Marco Pittau
9:00 Yasuko Rikihisa (Columbus, USA)
New findings on Ehrlichiae of Veterinary and Public Health
importance
10:00 Bernard Davoust (Lyon, France)
Update of ehrlichiosis – anaplasmosis in horses, dogs and cats in France
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 Olivier A. Sparagano (Newcastle, United Kingdom)
Identification of Anaplasmataceae by PCR and macro-array-based
methods
11:30 Friederike V. Loewenich (Freiburg, Germany)
Anaplasmosis in Germany: genetic polymorphisms and results from
the mouse model
12:00 Antonio Mastromattei (Rome, Italy)
Cases of equine anaplasmosis: clinical features
12:15 Discussion
12:30 Buffet
Afternoon Chairmen: Santo Caracappa – Salvatore Depalmas
15:00 Ana L. Garcìa Perez (Derio - Bizkaia, Spain)
Anaplasmosis in domestic and wild ungulates in Spain
15:30 Snorre Stuen (Sandnes, Norway)
Anaplasmosis in Norway, especially in sheep and wild ruminants
16:00Coffee break
16:30 Alessandra Torina (Palermo, Italy)
Diagnosis of bovine anaplasmosis caused by Anaplasma marginale
17:00Jose de la Fuente (Oklahoma, USA)
New approaches for vaccine prophylaxis of ticks and tick-borne pathogens
17:45Discussion
FRIDAY
May 28, 2004
MorningChairmen: Giovanni Fadda - Sergio Uzzai
9:00Philippe Brouqui (Marseille, France)
Human anaplasmosis: a zoonotic emerging disease
9:45Miroslav Petrovec (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Human and animal anaplasmosis in Central and East Europe
10:15Maurizio Ruscio (Udine, Italy)
Human anaplasmosis in Italy
10.35Coffee break
11:00Costantino Palmas (Cagliari, Italy)
Ixodidae in Sardinia
11:20Scilla Mastrandrea (Sassari, Italy)
Human ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis in Sardinia
11:40Domenico Grazioli (Belluno, Italy)
Activity of a monitoring center in Northern Italy (ASL Feltre)
12:00Discussion
12:30Buffet
AfternoonChairmen: Giuseppe Cringoli - Antonio Fagiolo
15:00Jorge Liz (Neuchậtel, Switzerland)
Anaplasmosis in wild animals and ticks in Switzerland
15:30Eugenio Lillini (Rome, Italy)
Anaplasmosis findings by Anaplasma phagocytophilum
16:00 Coffee break
16:30Raffaella Cocco (Sassari, Italy)
Clinical features of canine ehrlichiosis
16:45Giovanna Masala (Sassari, Italy)
Canine ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis in Sardinia
17:00Gladia Macrì (Rome, Italy)
Canine ehrlichiosis in Latium region
17:15Romano Zilli (Rome, Italy)
Risk analysis in public health
17:30Discussion
18:00Evaluation test
18:40Certificate delivery
SCIENTIFIC and ORGANIZING COMMITEE:
dr. Eugenio Lillini – IZS Lazio e Toscana e-mail:
dr.ssa Gladia Macrì – IZS Lazio e Toscana e-mail:
dr.ssa Giovanna Masala – IZS Sardegna e-mail:
prof. Gianpaolo Pintori – Università di Sassari e-mail:
dr.ssa Manuela Scarpulla – IZS Lazio e Toscana e-mail:
dr.ssa Alessandra Torina – IZS Sicilia e-mail:
SECRETARIAT:
FONDAZIONE S.MARIA DI VALVERDE
Tel/Fax: +39 0783 769076
e-mail:
sito web:
SPONSORS:
AdiageneMedical Service 2000 srl
Bayer SpAMerial Italia
Celbio S.p.A.Pfizer Italiana
IntervetVWR International srl
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT for financial support providing by:
- Università di Sassari, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria
- Fondazione Banco di Sardegna
SIMULTANEUS TRANSLATION: available
GENERAL INFORMATION:
The registration fee of 120 € (max 195 participants) includes conference bag, certificate of attendance, proceedings (CD ROM), lunch and coffee break as in programe and bus transportation from hotels to conference venue.
Registration form, accomodation, reservation and any notice how to reach the conference venue, are available on secretariat website.