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Travel Medicine Track
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Meet the Expert
Revisions of Yellow Fever Risk Mapping: Rationale and Recent Updates
Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 07:45 - 08:45hrs, Room: Orchid B/C/D |
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Meet the Expert
Travel Medicine Resources
Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 7:45hrs, Room: Jasmine |
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Plenary Lecture
The Challenges of Travel Medicine in the 21st century
Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 09:00 - 09:45hrs, Room: Ballroom 2 |
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Symposium
ABC of Travel Medicine (I) (Presented in Spanish only, no translation provided)
Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 10:15 - 12:15hrs, Room: Ballroom 1 |
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Symposium
Epicenters of Major Diseases (I)
Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 10:15 - 12:15hrs, Room: Ballroom 2 |
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The Ill-Returned Traveler(Presented in Spanish only, no translation provided)
Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 10:15 - 12:15hrs, Room: Ballroom 3 |
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Plenary Lecture
Emerging Infectious Diseases in Latin America
Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 14:30 - 15:15hrs, Room: Ballroom 2 |
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Symposium ABC of Travel Medicine (II)(Presented in Spanish only, no translation provided)
Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 15:45 - 17:45hrs, Room: Ballroom 1 |
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Travel Medicine and the Influenza Pandemic(Presented in Spanish only, no translation provided)
Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 15:45 - 17:45hrs, Room: Ballroom 2 |
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Rabies, Bites and Envenomations
Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 15:45 - 17:45hrs, Room: Ballroom 3 |
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Meet the Expert
Issues of Antibiotic Usage in Pediatrics
Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 7:45hrs, Room: Jasmine |
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Meet the Expert
Family Travel: Andes and Amazonia (Meet the Expert)
Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 07:45 - 08:45hrs, Room: Orchid B/C/D |
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Edward H. Kass Plenary Lecture
The Discovery of HIV: an Example of Translational Research in Response to an Emerging Epidemic
Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 09:00 - 9:45hrs, Room: Ballroom 1,2,3 |
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MRSA: Disease Mechanisms and Control
Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 10:15 - 12:15hrs, Room: Ballroom 1 |
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Seasonal Influenza Vaccines: Current Status and Future Directions
Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 10:15 - 12:15hrs, Room: Ballroom 2
Supported by an educational grant from Sanofi Pasteur
14thICID_Fiore_Monto_Atmar_11001_11002_11003.pdf (8.2 MB) |
- Influenza Vaccination: Where Do We Stand?
A.E. Fiore (USA) - Overcoming Limitations of Seasonal Vaccines
A.S. Monto (USA) - Emerging Trends: Vaccines in Late Development
R.L. Atmar (USA)
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Traveler's Diarrhea and Enteric Diseases of Latin America
Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 10:15 - 12:15hrs, Room: Ballroom 3
Supported in part by an educational grant from Salix Pharmaceuticals Inc. |
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Viral Hepatitis
Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 10:15 - 12:15hrs, Room: Jasmine
Organized in collaboration with the Pan American Association for Infectious Diseases (API) |
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Infectious Diseases Following Catastrophes
Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 10:15 - 12:15hrs, Room: Orchid B/C/D |
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Update on Fungal Infections
Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 10:15 - 12:15hrs, Room: South Hall |
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Plenary Lecture
The Changing Patterns of Global Migration and the Impact on Infectious Diseases
Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 14:30 - 15:15hrs, Room: Ballrooms 1,2,3 |
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Will the Next Generation End AIDS?
Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 15:45 - 17:45hrs, Room: Ballroom 1 |
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The H1N1 Influenza Pandemic
Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 15:45 - 17:45hrs, Room: Ballroom 2 |
- Historical perspective: Lessons Learned from Past Pandemics
D. Morens (USA) 14thICID_Morens.pdf (4.7 MB) - The H1N1 Outbreak in Mexico
S. Ponce de Leon (Mexico) - Global Surveillance of the H1N1 Pandemic
A. Mounts (Switzerland) 14thICID_Mounts.pdf (1.2 MB) - International Response to the H1N1 Pandemic
A. Monto (USA)
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Malaria in the Americas
Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 15:45 - 17:45hrs, Room: Ballroom 3 |
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Current Issues in Multi Drug Resistant Gram-negatives
Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 15:45 - 17:45hrs, Room: Jasmine
Organized in collaboration with the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) |
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Oral Session
Pathogens in Populations
Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 15:45 - 17:45hrs, Room: Room Orchid B/C/D |
- Incidence and trends of imported malaria in the Netherlands: 2000-2007
G. Van Rijckevorsel (NETHERLANDS) - Predictors of primary multiple drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) transmission in Lima, Peru
L. Shah (CANADA) - Foodborne Campylobacter infections have a low impact on human health: A community-based cohort study in Yucatan, Mexico
M.B. Zaidi (MEXICO) - DNA-Level diversity and relatedness of Helicobacter pylori strains in Shantytown families in Peru and transmission in a developing-country setting
P. Herrera Aldana (PERU) - Etiology of childhood pneumonia in Tacloban, the Philippines
A. Suzuki (JAPAN) - Population-based surveillance for pneumonia, sepsis and meningitis in all ages in The Gambia: Implications for pneumococcal vaccine introduction and surveillance in Africa
G. Mackenzie (GAMBIA) - Controlling persistent cholera outbreaks in Africa: Lessons from the recent Cholera Outbreak, West District Unguja Zanzibar, Tanzania, 2009
S. Masauni (TANZANIA) - High-risk travelers in the Boston Area Travel Medicine Network: Demographics, trip plans and vaccinations
N.S. Hochberg (USA) - Factors determining performance of integrated disease surveillance strategy in Kenya, 2008
C. Njuguna (KENYA) - Molecular analysis of excised valves in the diagnosis of blood culture negative infective endocarditis (BCNE) in a Cardiac Surgery Referral Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 1998 to 2009
C. Lamas (BRAZIL)
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Successful Short Antibiotic Treatment of Childhood Pneumonia - Myth or Reality?
Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 15:45 - 17:45hrs, Room: South Hall
Supported in part by an educational grant from Pfizer |
- Determinants of Bacteriologic Eradication in Respiratory Tract Infections
M. Jacobs (USA) - What Are the Benefits of Short Antibiotic Treatment?
H. Goossens (Belgium) 14thICID_Goossens.pdf (632 KB) - Short Course Treatment and Diagnosis of Pneumonia - What are We Treating?
Z. Bhutta (Pakistan) 14thICID_Bhutta.pdf (2.9 MB) - Can Short Antibiotic Treatment be Widely Used in Developed Countries?
R. Dagan (Israel)
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Meet the Expert
Choosing Between Second Line ARVs
Thursday, March 11, 2010, 07:45 - 08:45hrs, Room: Jasmine |
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Meet the Expert
Corporate Travel: A Returning Executive
Thursday, March 11, 2010, 07:45 - 08:45hrs, Room: Orchid B/C/D |
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Richard K. Root Memorial Plenary Lecture
Transmission and Prevention of Transmission of HIV: Clues from the Early 21st Century
Thursday, March 11, 2010, 09:00 - 9:45hrs, Room: Ballrooms 1,2,3 |
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Strategies for Expanding Global Impact of Immunization Programs
Thursday, March 11, 2010, 10:15 - 12:15hrs, Room: Ballroom 1
Supported by an educational grant from Sanofi Pasteur |
Dengue: The Next Vaccine Preventable Disease - Growing Burden of Dengue in Latin America: A New Public Health Challenge
J. Mendez-Galvan (Mexico) - Clinical Development of a Tetravalent Dengue Vaccine for Endemic Areas
M. Saville (France)
Measuring and Preventing Pertussis: How Good Are Your Programs? - Pertussis Surveillance and Testing: Recommendations from the GPI
C.H. Wirsing von König (Germany) - Adolescent and Adult Pertussis Vaccination Programs: Are they having an impact?
T. Tan (USA)
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Infectious Disease and Vaccine Update
Thursday, March 11, 2010, 10:15 - 12:15hrs, Room: Ballroom 2
Supported by an educational grant from Baxter Vaccines |
- Meningococcal Epidemiology in Latin America
E. Berezin (Brazil) - Tick-Borne Encephalitis: Clinical Development of Vaccines for Children and Adults
E.M. Pöllabauer (Austria) - Strategies for the Development of New Vaccines
S. Plotkin (USA) - New Technology Update: Cell Culture derived Seasonal and Pandemic Flu Vaccine
H. Ehrlich (Austria)
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The Ill Returnee from Latin America
Thursday, March 11, 2010, 10:15 - 12:15hrs, Room: Ballroom 3 |
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Neglected Tropical Diseases: Present Need and Present Action
Thursday, March 11, 2010, 10:15 - 12:15hrs, Room: Jasmine
Organized in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) |
- The WHO Global Plan to Map and Combat Neglected Tropical Disases
L. Savioli (Switzerland) - Neglected Tropical Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean: Prospects for Control and Elimination
S. Ault (USA) 14thICID_Ault.pdf (2.8 MB) - Chagas Disease Research: Advances and Needs
Z. Yadon (Brazil) 14thICID_Yadon.pdf (183 KB) - Integrated Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa
M. Bockarie (United Kingdom) 14thICID_Bockarie.pdf (2.9 MB)
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Oral Session
Viral Diseases
Thursday, March 11, 2010, 10:15 - 12:15hrs, Room: Room Orchid B/C/D |
- Unusual clinical profile of Dengue Infection in patients attending a tertiary care teaching hospital in north India
J. Agarwal (INDIA) - An outbreak of pneumonia associated with emergent human adenovirus serotype 14 - Southeast Alaska, 2008
D. Esposito (USA) - Uptake and impact of Rotavirus vaccines in US Children
U. Parashar (USA) - The epidemiology of rotavirus disease among children <5 years of age - Santa Rosa, Guatemala, 2007- 2009
J. Cortes (USA) - Surveillance for epidemic of enterovirus infections in Taiwan in 2008
J.H. Chuang (TAIWAN, R.O.C.) - Epidemiology of varicella among passengers and crew on international conveyances, United States, 2005-2008
P. Szymanowski (USA) - Dengue fever outbreak in Lima, Peru 2009: Epidemiological changes in urban areas
M. Loayza (PERU) - Risk of Being Seropositive for Multiple HPV Types Among Finnish and Ugandan Women
P.B. Namujju (Finland) - A phase 3 study of a short, two dose regimen of an investigational Hepatitis B vaccine
J. Martin (USA)
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Carbapenemase Producing Bacteria: The Threat of "Panresistance"
Thursday, March 11, 2010, 10:15 - 12:15hrs, Room: South Hall
Organized in collaboration with the International Society of Chemotherapy (ISC) |
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Malaria Eradication
Thursday, March 11, 2010, 14:30 - 15:15hrs, Room: Ballrooms 1,2,3 |
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A Rational Approach for the Treatment and Prevention of Neonatal Sepsis
Thursday, March 11, 2010, 15:45 - 17:45hrs, Room: Ballroom 1
Organized in collaboration with the Latin American Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (SLIPE) |
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Bacterial Infections Following Influenza
Thursday, March 11, 2010, 15:45 - 17:45hrs, Room: Ballroom 2
Organized in collaboration with the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) |
- Secondary Bacterial Infections - The Other Side of Influenza Pathogenesis
J. Mccullers (USA) 14thICID_McCullers.pdf (811 KB) - The Role of Mucosal Antiviral Immunity in Bacterial Secondary Lung Infections
D. Metzger (USA) 14thICID_Metzger.pdf (1.3 MB) - Alteration of the Innate Immune Rheostat and Susceptibility to Secondary Bacterial Super-infections
speaker to be confirmed - Lessons from 1918 on the Role of Bacterial Infections During Pandemic Influenza
K. Klugman (USA) 14thICID_Klugman_44004.pdf (1.3 MB)
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Travelers to Latin America with Special Risks
Thursday, March 11, 2010, 15:45 - 17:45hrs, Room: Ballroom 3 |
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Infectious Diseases Surveillance Systems in Practice
Thursday, March 11, 2010, 15:45 - 17:45hrs, Room: Jasmine |
- ProMED: An Early Warning System for Emerging Infectious Diseases
L. Madoff (USA) 14thICID_Madoff.pdf (858 KB) - ProMED: An Early Warning System for Emerging Infectious Diseases
J. Brownstein (USA) - Flu Trends: Mapping Influenza in Near Real Time
C. Conrad (USA) - CaribVET: A Model for Surveillance of Zoonotic Diseases
T. Lefrancois (Guadeloupe) 14thICID_Lefrancois.pdf (2.5 MB) - GeoSentinel: Provider-based Surveillance of International Travelers
D. Freedman (USA) 14thICID_Freedman.pdf (4.5 MB)
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Oral Session
Advances from the Laboratory
Thursday, March 11, 2010, 15:45 - 17:45hrs, Room: Room Orchid B/C/D |
- Epidemiological description of infection with agents of the Rickettsia genus in rodents, ectoparasites and humans in the northern coast of Antioquia, Colombia
J.C. Quintero Vélez (COLOMBIA) - Distinct pathological signatures after lethal avian H5N1 and swine H1N1 influenza infections suggest variable pathogenesis
M.M. Garigliany (BELGIUM) - A novel nervous-to-immune signalling mechanism mediating innate responses to infections
M. Bakhiet (BAHRAIN) - Variable expression of alpha haemolysin and Panton Valentine leucocidin in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus are linked to agr-dependent quorum sensing
T. Sloan (UNITED KINGDOM) - HBs mutations related with YMDD mutation induced the expression of hfgl2 gene
Q. Ning (CHINA) - Enteric virus detection and identification with a universal virus discovery assay
C. Uhlenhaut (USA) - Gene expression profilling of mouse host response to Candida tropicalis infection
P.P. Chong (MALAYSIA) - Cytokines in experimental leptospirosis: Association with severe disease and postimmunization immune response
D. Athanazio (BRAZIL) - Prevalence of genes responsible for resistance to antimicrobials in surface water Escherichia coli isolates
G. Singh (INDIA) - E-gene variation with reference to neurovirulence in the Indian clinical isolates of Japanese encephalitis virus
S.K. Pujhari (INDIA)
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Late Breaker Session
Field Hospitals in Haiti: ID Perspectives
Thursday, March 11, 2010, 15:45 - 17:45hrs, Room: South Hall |
- Medical Facilities in Port-au-Prince Before and After the Earthquake
TBD - Spectrum of Disease at Two Different Field Hospitals and Early Vs. Late
V. Krcmery (SLOVAK REPUBLIC) 14thICID_Krcmery_FHH.pdf (2.1 MB) - Infectious Diseases Issues in Planning a Field Hospital
G. Dickinson (USA) & R. Campo (USA) 14thICID_Campo.pdf (1.1 MB) - Managing Trauma Wounds and Other Infections without Laboratory Support
P. Lichtenberger (USA) 14thICID_Lichtenberger.pdf (766 KB) - Use of Surveillance Cultures in the Trauma Hospital Setting
S. Munoz-Price (USA)
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Meet the Expert
Antiviral Prophylaxis in Transplant Recipients
Friday, March 12, 2010, 07:45 - 08:45hrs, Room: Jasmine |
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Integration of Informal Information into Disease Surveillance
Friday, March 12, 2010, 07:45 - 08:45hrs, Room: Orchid B/C/D |
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Plenary Lecture
Pneumococcal Infections in Children and Their Impact on Adults
Friday, March 12, 2010, 09:00 - 9:45hrs, Room: Ballrooms 1,2,3 |
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Antimicrobial Stewardship: Challenges and Strategies for the 21st Century
Friday, March 12, 2010, 10:15 - 12:15hrs, Room: Ballroom 1
Supported in part by an educational grant from Pfizer |
- Extreme Drug Resistance (XDR) in Nosocomial Pathogens
F. Pasteran (Argentina) 14thICID_Pasteran.pdf (2.7 MB) - Basic Principles of Implementing an Antibiotic Optimization Program
J. Cortes (Colombia) - Infection Control Program as an Additional Tool to Control Bacterial Resistance
P. Cornejo (Mexico) 14thICID_Cornejo.pdf (2.4 MB) - New Antibiotics: Which Role in a Antimicrobial Stewardship Program?
D. Curcio (Argentina) 14thICID_Curcio.pdf (1.8 MB)
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Current Challenges in HIV Care
Friday, March 12, 2010, 10:15 - 12:15hrs, Room: Ballroom 2 |
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Biomarkers in Infectious Diseases
Friday, March 12, 2010, 10:15 - 12:15hrs, Room: Ballroom 3 |
- Clinical Use of Biomarkers in the Diagnosis and Management of CAP
P. Ramirez (Spain) 14thICID_Ramirez.pdf (1.3 MB) - Biomarkers for Sepsis
S. LaRosa (USA) - Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of TB
J. Friedland (United Kingdom) - Clinical Utility of Biomarkers in Fungal Infection
T. Patterson (USA)
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Burden of Plasmodium vivax Malaria in Latin America
Friday, March 12, 2010, 10:15 - 12:15hrs, Room: Jasmine |
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Influenza
Friday, March 12, 2010, 10:15 - 12:15hrs, Room: Room Orchid B/C/D |
- Mixed infection of influenza A viruses is common
Y. Furuse (JAPAN) - Influenza vaccine delivery to adolescents: Assessment of two multicomponent interventions
L. Gargano (USA) - A randomized intervention trial of mask use and hand hygiene to reduce seasonal influenza-like illness and influenza infections among young adults in a university setting
A. Aiello (USA) - Population-based surveillance for 2009 pandemic influenza A H1N1 Virus in Guatemala, 2009
W. Arvelo (USA) - Adjuvanted influenza vaccines and their potential role for vaccination of travelers
T. Tsai (USA) - Seasonal influenza vaccine may be associated with increased risk of illness due to the 2009 pandemic A/H1N1 virus
D. Skowronski (CANADA) - Monitoring for avian influenza in wild birds on the Far East in 2008
S. Sayfutdinova (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) - Influenza surveillance contributions from South and Southeast Asia
J. Pavlin (THAILAND) - H1N1 experience at the Institute for Infectious Diseases Emilio Ribas, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The role of a travel clinic as sentinel for emerging diseases
T. Chaves (BRAZIL) 14thICID_Chaves_65009.pdf (885 KB) - Is a mass immunization program for pandemic (H1N1) 2009 good value for money? Early evidence from the Canadian experience
B. Sander (CANADA) - Rapid real time surveillance and monitoring of pandemic influenza associated pneumonia & risk factors using primary care electronic medical records (EMR)
S. Totten (CANADA)
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MRSA: The Clinical Challenge
Friday, March 12, 2010, 10:15 - 12:15hrs, Room: South Hall
Supported in part by and educational grant from Pfizer |
- Systemic MRSA Infections
E. Rubinstein (Canada) 14thICID_Rubinstein.pdf (4.7 MB) - MRSA Treatment of Serious MRSA Infections: Beyond Vancomycin
AW. Karchmer (USA) - The Potential for a Staphylococcal Vaccine
O. Schneewind (USA) - MRSA in Latin America: Special Considerations
M. Guzman-Blanco (Venezuela)
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Cultural Lecture
Illness and Death of Enrico Caruso, a Neapolitan Tenor in the Americas
Friday, March 12, 2010, 12:30 - 14:15hrs, Room: Jasmine |
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Plenary Lecture
Microbial Chemical Ecology and the Future of Antibiotics
Friday, March 12, 2010, 14:30 - 15:15hrs, Room: Ballrooms 1,2,3
Organized in collaboration with the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) |
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Tuberculosis: Tools for the Future
Friday, March 12, 2010, 15:45 - 17:45hrs, Room: Ballroom 1 |
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Update on Infections in Transplant Recipients
Friday, March 12, 2010, 15:45 - 17:45hrs, Room: Ballroom 2 |
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International Perspectives on Infection Control
Friday, March 12, 2010, 15:45 - 17:45hrs, Room: Ballroom 3 |
- Engaging Nations in a Commitment to Infection Control
D. Pittet (Switzerland) 14thICID_Pittet.pdf (6.4 MB) - International Controversies: Below the Elbow and Incremental Value of MRSA Screening
M. Edmond (USA) 14thICID_Edmond.pdf (2.4 MB) - With Limited Resources: How to Begin and How to Sustain an Infection Control Program?
S. Wey (Brazil) - The Future Hospital Epidemiologist's Portfolio for Success
R. Wenzel (USA) 14thICID_Wenzel.pdf (5.2 MB)
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Bacterial Meningitis: Prevention and Cure
Friday, March 12, 2010, 15:45 - 17:45hrs, Room: Jasmine |
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Parasitology
Friday, March 12, 2010, 15:45 - 17:45hrs, Room: Room Orchid B/C/D |
- One year impact of a single dose of Praziquantel in five schistosomiasis endemic districts in Rwanda
D. Mupfasoni (RWANDA) - A comparative study of Arco and Coartem in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in patients aged 4 months to 16 years attending Mulago hospital, Kampala, Uganda
E. Mworozi (UGANDA) - The effect of malaria on the outcome of Lassa Fever
P. Okokhere (NIGERIA) - Clinical analysis and eco-epidemiology data of pediatric visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Argentina
S. Ruvinsky (ARGENTINA) - Novel molecular detection of drug resistance markers in Plasmodium falciparum from Papua New Guinean children with uncomplicated malaria
R. Wong (AUSTRALIA) - Identification of intestinal parasites from naturally contaminated hands of people living in low socio-economic areas of Dhaka, Bangladesh
A. Nur-E-Kamal (USA) - Training in fever case management and use of malaria rapid diagnostic testing kits improved fever case management in Uganda
U. Ssekabira (UGANDA)
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