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Revised Final Programme 

Monday, November 4th 2012

08.00 – 09.00  Registration
09.00 – 09.30  Introduction & Welcome
09.30 - 10.45

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

Prof.  Mike Catchpole (HPA, UK)

  • 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
11.15– 12.35  Parallel sessions 1, 2 & 3

 Parallel session 1 Food- and water-borne diseases                                                 Moderated by: Meirion Evans

  • 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

 Parallel session 2 Healthcare-associated infections (1)                                                     Moderated by: Anders Tegnell

  • 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

 Parallel session 3 Tuberculosis                                                                       Moderated by: Karin Ronning

  • 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
13.25 – 14.25  Parallel sessions 4, 5 and 6

 Parallel session 4: Epidemiology and Microbiology driving public health policy (1)    Moderated by: Frank Van Loock 

  • 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

 Parallel session 5: Healthcare-associated infections (2)                       Moderated by: Koen De Schrijve

  • 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

 Parallel session 6: Surveillance (1)                           Moderated by: Andrew Amato-Gauci

  • 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
14.25 – 14.55  Coffee Break
14.55 – 16.10

 Plenary Session B: Vulnerability in 21st century public health

Session Chairs:  Dr. Brigitte Helynck (TEPHINET, France) & Dr.  Yvan Hutin (ECDC, Sweden) 

  • 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
    TBC
16.10 – 17.40 Poster Session A
    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

09.00 – 10.15

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

Session chairs:  Dr. Lorenzo Pezzoli (EPIET Alumni Network) & Prof. Aftab Jasir (ECDC, Sweden)

  • 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
10.45 – 12.30  Parallel sessions 7,8 and 9

Parallel session 7: Influenza                                         Moderated by: Kari Johansen
 

  • 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

Parallel session 8: Novel methodologies approaches (1)                                 Moderated by: Yvan Hutin

  • 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

Parallel session 9: Outbreaks (1)                                            Moderated by: Dionisio Herrera
  • 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
13.25 – 14.45  Poster Session B
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
14.45 – 15.45  Parallel sessions 10, 11 and 12

Parallel session 10: Epidemiology and Microbiology driving public health policy (2)                              Moderated by: Aftab Jasir

  • 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)                  Moderated by: Panayotis Tassios

  • 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                                 Moderated by: Piotr Kramarz
  • 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
16.15 - 17.55  Parallel sessions 13, 14 and 15

 Parallel session 13: Vaccine- preventable diseases (1)                                 Moderated by: Marrianne Van der Sande

  • 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

Parallel session 14: Surveillance (2)                          Moderated by: Adriana Pistol

  • 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

Parallel session 15: Outbreaks (2)                                Moderated by: Annick Lenglett
  • 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

Friday, 26 October

09.00 – 10.15

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

Session chair:  Dr. Martin Donaghy (HPA, UK)

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

10.45 – 12.25   Parallel sessions 16, 17 and 18

 Parallel session 16: Vaccine-preventable diseases (2)                  Moderated by: Darina Oflanagan

  • 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

 Parallel session 17: Novel methodological approaches (2)                       Moderated by: Alain Moren

  • 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

 Parallel session 18: Outbreaks (3)                                                      Moderated by: Ines Steffans
  • 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
12.25 – 13.15  Lunch
13.15 – 14.45  Poster Session C
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
14.45 – 16.25 Parallel sessions 19, 20 and 21

 Parallel session 19: Vector-borne diseases and Zoonoses                       Moderated by: Henriette De Valk

  • 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

Parallel session 20: HIV and sexually transmitted infections                             Moderated by: Mia Brytting

  • 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

Parallel session 21: Vaccine- preventable diseases (3)                                    Moderated by: Pawel Stefanoff
  • 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
16.40 – 17.40

 ESCAIDE Special plenary session: Public Health event of 2012

Session chairs:  Dr. Denis Coulombier (ECDC, Sweden) & Prof. Mike Catchpole (HPA, UK)

  • 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
  • TBC
  • TBC
17.40 – 18.15  Closing Ceremony
Evening  EPIET/EUPHEM graduation ceremony and ESCAIDE dinner