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Plenary Session A: Zoonoses: the detection and management of emerging infections at the human/animal interface

Assessing the risk - National cross-sectoral collaboration in assessment of risk at the human-animal interface, Dr. Dilys Morgan (Health Protection Agency, UK)

Detecting emerging threats - developing early warning systems to monitor the transmission of infectious diseases from animals to humans, Prof. Sue Welburn

Integrated strategies for improving human and animal health, Dr. David Heymann (Chatham House, 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)

Parallel session 4: Epidemiology and Microbiology driving public health policy (1)

Evidence for lower susceptibility to Q fever in children, Volker Heinz Hackert

Identification of hidden key hepatitis C populations: An evaluation of screening practices using surveillance data and mixed epidemiological methods, Angelique PA Vermeiren

Q fever in times of 2009(H1N1) influenza - a diagnostic challenge, Volker Heinz Hackert

Parallel session 5: Healthcare-associated infections (2)

Antimicrobial use in Scottish care homes for older people, Fiona Murdoch

Risk of nosocomial transmission of high-risk human papillomavirus by endocavity ultrasound probes following low-level disinfection, Daniel Eibach

Second federal state-wide survey on MRSA management in hospitals in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Annette Jurke

Parallel session 6: Surveillance (1)

Impact on varicella incidence 5 years after of vaccine introduction in Spain, 2006 - 2011, Giovanna Ciaravino

Swabbing characterization for virological confirmation in Spanish Influenza Surveillance System (SISS): Pre-pandemic and pandemic/post-pandemic seasons, Noemi López

Plenary Session B: Vulnerability in 21st century public health

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

Vulnerability in 21st century public health, Dr. Brigitte Helynck (TEPHINET, France) & Dr. Yvan Hutin (ECDC, Sweden)

Plenary Session C: Public health microbiology and infectious disease epidemiology: hand-in-hand in the field

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) & Ms. Hannah Lewis (EPIET)

Parallel session 7: Influenza

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

Influenza vaccine effectiveness in Europe, 2011-12: estimates from the I-MOVE multicentre case-control study among target groups for vaccination, Esther Kissling

Severe influenza cases admitted to intensive care units in France: estimation of vaccine effectiveness through three years of monitoring, Isabelle Bonmarin

Parallel session 8: Novel methodologies approaches (1)

"Liking" social media – use of Facebook as a recruitment tool in an outbreak investigation, the Netherlands, Georgia Ladbury

An electronic manual and resource e-library to monitor and evaluate surveillance systems' quality, Isabelle Devaux

Word clouds as a potential method enhancement in outbreak investigations, Johan Lindh

Parallel session 9: Outbreaks (1)

A nationwide outbreak of Salmonella Newport associated with mung bean sprouts, Germany 2011, Bettina Rosner

A norovirus outbreak in a vocational school associated with raw food, Austria, November 2011, Shu-Wan Jian

Q fever: Single-point source outbreak with high attack rates and massive numbers of undetected infections across an entire region, Volker Heinz Hackert

Parallel session 10: Epidemiology and Microbiology driving public health policy (2)

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

Parallel session 11: Health care associated infections (3)

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

Parallel session 12: Burden of disease

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

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

Parallel session 13: Vaccine- preventable diseases (1)

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

Daily mortality monitoring in Spain: Evaluation of system timeliness 2008-2010, Vinciane Sizaire

Evaluation of the Austrian Salmonella Surveillance System following the implementation of a new electronic reporting system, 2012, Sabine Kasper

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

Surveillance for invasive meningococcal disease in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 1995-2011, Daniel Eibach

Parallel session 15: Outbreaks (2)

Epidemiological and molecular investigation and interventions in a legionellosis outbreak in a hotel in Calpe (Spain), Fernando Gonzalez-Candelas

European outbreak of Salmonella Strathcona caused by small tomatos, August - November 2011, Charlotte Kjelso

Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 infection associated with consumption of ground beef burgers, South West France, 2012, Patrick Rolland

Plenary Session D: Assessment of adverse events associated with pandemic influenza vaccination

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

Post-licensing monitoring of rare adverse events and safety assessment, Dr. Daniel Weibel, Erasmus University Medical Centre, The Netherlands

Post-licensing monitoring of rare adverse events and safety assessment, Dr. Piotr Kramarz, European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control, Sweden

Parallel session 16: Vaccine-preventable diseases (2)

cycEVA study: four years of monitoring influenza vaccine effectiveness in Spain, Silvia Jiménez-Jorge

Impact of rotavirus vaccination in regions with low and moderate vaccine uptake in Germany, Sandra Dudareva-Vizule

The changing serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Ireland, since introducing pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, Margaret Fitzgerald

The introduction of MenAfriVac™ from Agadez to Zinder: results from the third phase of the vaccination campaign, Niger, November 2011-January 2012, Saverio Caini

Validation of TdaP-IPV booster registration in the Danish Childhood Vaccination Database: A survey in the 2000-2003 birth cohorts, Oktawia Wojcik

Parallel session 17: Novel methodological approaches (2)

Is Schmallenberg virus a new zoonotic agent? - a quick answer due to new (zoonotic) infectious disease control structures, Margreet te Wierik

Reconstruction of the evolutionary dynamics of the A(H1N1)pdm09 influenza virus in Italy during the pandemic and post-pandemic phases, Elena Pariani

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

Parallel session 18: Outbreaks (3)

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

Parallel session 19: Vector-borne diseases and Zoonoses

Lack of evidence for Schmallenberg virus Infection in highly exposed persons, Tanja Ducomble

Tick-borne encephalitis transmitted by unpasteurised cow milk in western Hungary, September - October 2011, Saverio Caini

Parallel session 20: HIV and sexually transmitted infections

A response plan to manage the threat of untreatable gonorrhoea, Gianfranco Spiteri

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

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

Young commercial sex workers are at higher risk of sexually transmitted infections, the Netherlands, 2006-2011, Nelly Fournet

Parallel session 21: Vaccine- preventable diseases (3)

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

Serotype replacement in paediatric pneumococcal carriage during conjugate vaccine implementation, Rebecca. A. Gladstone

The incidence of narcolepsy in Europe: before, during, and after the influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 pandemic and vaccination campaigns, Daniel Weibel

ESCAIDE Special plenary session: Public Health event of 2012

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

Health Protection Preparedness and Response, Mike Catchpole

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

Reflections on mass gathering preparedness, Denis Coulombier and Lara Payne Hallström, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control


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Presentations 2012

Parallel session 1: Food- and water-borne diseases

Parallel session 2: Healthcare-associated infections (1)

Parallel session 3: Tuberculosis

Parallel session 4: Epidemiology and Microbiology driving public health policy (1)

Parallel session 5: Healthcare-associated infections (2)

Parallel session 6: Surveillance (1)

Parallel session 7: Influenza

Parallel session 8: Novel methodologies approaches (1)

Parallel session 9: Outbreaks (1)

Parallel session 10: Epidemiology and Microbiology driving public health policy (2)

Parallel session 11: Health care associated infections (3)

Parallel session 12: Burden of disease

Parallel session 13: Vaccine- preventable diseases (1)

Parallel session 15: Outbreaks (2)

Parallel session 16: Vaccine-preventable diseases (2)

Parallel session 17: Novel methodological approaches (2)

Parallel session 18: Outbreaks (3)

Parallel session 19: Vector-borne diseases and Zoonoses

Parallel session 20: HIV and sexually transmitted infections

Parallel session 21: Vaccine- preventable diseases (3)